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9781560988328

Flying Without Wings : NASA Lifting Bodies and the Birth of the Space Shuttle

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  • ISBN13:

    9781560988328

  • ISBN10:

    1560988320

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Harpercollins
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Summary

Written by a a pilot/engineer participant of NASA's lifting body program, this book documents the adventures, triumphs, setbacks, and fun of pioneering a technology that allowed astronauts to accomplish lifting reentries and precise runway landings.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Curtis Peebles
The Road to Space
1(17)
A Test Pilot's Diary, 1962-1963
18(13)
The Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle
31(26)
M2-F1 Evolution
57(12)
The M2-F1 Aloft: Learning To Fly Without Wings
69(27)
Justification And Development Of The Heavyweight Lifting Bodies
96(16)
``Look Ma, No Wings''
112(26)
Hard Times
138(24)
Pushing The Envelope
162(34)
Curtis Peebles
The Lifting Bodies And The Birth Of The Space Shuttle
196(20)
Lifting Bodies Resurgent
216(15)
Curtis Peebles
Bibliography 231(2)
Index 233

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