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Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative / Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative, Air Force Science and Technology Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Defense.
- Hypersonic planes--United States.
- Hypersonic planes.
- Aerospace industries--Technological innovations--United States.
- Aerospace industries.
- Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Technological innovations.
- Aerodynamics, Hypersonic.
- Scientists--United States.
- Scientists.
- Engineers--United States.
- Engineers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies: hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became concerned about the NAI (TM)s possible consequences on Air Force programs and budget if NAI program decisions differed from Air Force priorities. To examine this issue, it asked the NRC for an independent review of the NAI. This report presents the results of that assessment. It focuses on three questions asked by the Air Force: is NAI technically feasible in the time frame laid out; is it financially feasible over that period; and is it operationally relevant.
- Contents:
- Contents: 1. The National Aerospace Initiative. - 2. Hypersonic flight. - 3. Access to space. - 4. Enabling a more robust aerospace workforce.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612084041
- 9780309166126
- 0309166128
- 9781282084049
- 1282084046
- 9780309531078
- 0309531071
- OCLC:
- 61452271
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