- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 427 pages) : illustrations.
- Series Statement
- NASA SP ; 4219
- The NASA history series
- Uniform Title
- NASA SP (Series) ; 4219.
- NASA history series.
- Alternative Title
- NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NASA, viewed May 26, 2022).
- Contents
- Engineering science and the development of the NACA low-drag engine cowling / James R. Hansen -- Lew Rodert, epistemological liaison, and thermal de-icing at Ames / Glenn E. Bugos -- Research in supersonic flight and the breaking of the sound barrier / John D. Anderson, Jr. -- The transonic wind tunnel and the NACA technical culture / Steven T. Corneliussen -- The Whitcomb area rule: NACA aerodynamics research and innovation / Lane E. Wallace -- The X-15 hypersonic flight research program: politics and permutations at NASA / W.D. Kay -- The Collier as commemoration: the Project Mercury astronauts and the Collier Trophy / Jannelle Warren-Findley -- Managing America to the moon: a coalition analysis / W. Henry Lambright -- The human touch: the history of the Skylab program / Donald C. Elder -- LANDSAT and the rise of earth resources monitoring / Pamela E. Mack -- Voyager: the grand tour of big science / Andrew J. Butrica -- The space shuttle's first flight: STS-1 / Henry C. Dethloff -- More favored than the birds: the manned maneuvering unit in space / Anne Millbrooke -- The advanced turboprop project: radical innovation in a conservative environment / Mark D. Bowles and Virginia P. Dawson -- Return to flight: Richard H. Truly and the recovery from the Challenger accident / John M. Logsdon -- The Hubble space telescope servicing mission / Joseph N. Tatarewicz.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet NAS 1.21:4219
- OCLC
- marcive784231328
- Title
From engineering science to big science : the NACA and NASA Collier Trophy research project winners / edited by Pamela E. Mack.
- Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 1998.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
NASA SP ; 4219
The NASA history series
NASA SP (Series) ; 4219.
NASA history series.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Note
Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from title page (NASA, viewed May 26, 2022).
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Mack, Pamela Etter, editor.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. History Office, issuing body.
- Other Form:
Print version: From engineering science to big science (DLC) 97027899 (OCoLC)37451762
- Gpo Item No.
0830-I (online)
- Sudoc No.
NAS 1.21:4219