Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 by Roger E. Bilstein

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 by Roger E. Bilstein
Publisher: United States Government Printing 1989
ISBN/ASIN: 0160042593
ISBN-13: 9780160042591
Number of pages: 167
This is a concise history of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This edition not only updates the historical record, but restores aeronautics to its due place in the history of the agency and of mankind's most fascinating and continuing voyage.
Engineering Aerospace Aerospace Aeronautics & Astronautics

Go To Read/Download Page

Home Page

More Free E-Books For Aerospace

Similar Books For Aerospace

1. Popular Review of new Concepts, Ideas and Innovations in Space Launch and Flight by Alexander Bolonkin
2. Mariner Mission to Venus by
3. Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2 by Peter W. Merlin
4. Flying Beyond the Stall by Douglas A. Joyce
5. Hubble's Legacy by Roger D. Launius, David DeVorkin
6. Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Journal by Eric M. Jones
7. Humans to Mars: Fifty Years of Mission Planning, 1950-2000 by David S. F. Portree
8. Confronting Space Debris by Dave Baiocchi, William Welser IV
9. The Future of Remote Sensing From Space by
10. Pursuit of Power: NASA's Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2 by Robert S. Arrighi
11. Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space by Roger D. Launius, Dennis R. Jenkins
12. Aircraft Propulsion : a review of the evolution of aircraft piston engines by C. Fayette Taylor
13. Dressing for Altitude by Dennis R. Jenkins
14. Breaking the Mishap Chain by P.W. Merlin, G.A. Bendrick, D.A. Holland
15. Rockets and People, Volume 3: Hot Days of the Cold War by Boris Chertok
16. Rockets and People, Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry by Boris Chertok
17. Rockets and People, Volume 1 by Boris Chertok
18. Rockets and People: Volume IV: The Moon Race by Boris Chertok
19. Psychology of Space Exploration by Douglas A. Vakoch
20. From Stargazers to Starships by David P. Stern
21. Space Handbook by Robert W. Buchheim
22. Engines and Innovation: Lewis Laboratory and American Propulsion Technology by Virginia P. Dawson
23. Basics of Space Flight by Dave Doody
24. Taming Liquid Hydrogen: The Centaur Upper Stage Rocket 1958-2002 by Virginia P. Dawson, Mark D. Bowles
25. Apollo by the Numbers: A Statistical Reference
26. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology by Ivan D. Ertel, at al.
27. Remembering the Space Age by Steven J. Dick
28. Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 by Roger E. Bilstein
29. Resources of Near-Earth Space by J. S. Lewis, M. S. Matthews
30. Spacecraft Dynamics by Thomas R. Kane
31. How to design, build and test small liquid-fuel rocket engines by Leroy J. Krzycki

Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 by Roger E. Bilstein