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Road to Mach 10 : lessons learned from the X-43A flight research program / Curtis Peebles.

Title
Road to Mach 10 : lessons learned from the X-43A flight research program / Curtis Peebles.
Author
Peebles, Curtis
Publication
Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2008.

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Description
xi, 238 p. : ill.; 23 cm. +
Summary
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "X-43A related papers and reports ... X-43A/Hyper-X flights I and II (a split-screen video of the flights), [and] X-43A Mach 10 final flight (video highlights of the final mission)."--Page 237-38.
Subject
  • Dryden Flight Research Facility > History
  • Hypersonic planes > Research > United States
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Research
  • X-43A (Hypersonic plane)
Genre/Form
CD-ROMs.
Note
  • Accompanying disc includes related papers, reports, and videos.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The historian as participant -- Introduction -- Phoenix from the ashes -- March to the first flight -- X-43A checkout and emergency procedures training -- 13.5 seconds -- Return to flight -- C[subscript t]> C[subscript d] -- To the edge of the envelope -- To the far horizon.
ISBN
  • 9781563479328 (alk. paper)
  • 156347932X (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007050605
OCLC
183928623
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library