Eleven seconds into the unknown : a history of the hyper-X program / Curtis Peebles ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peebles, Curtis.

Contributor:

Allen, Ned.

Series:

Library of flight.

Library of flight

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dryden Flight Research Facility--History.

Dryden Flight Research Facility.

Hypersonic planes--Research--United States.

Hypersonic planes.

X-43A (Hypersonic plane).

Physical Description:

xv, 342 p. : ill., map.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eleven Seconds into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program is a sequel to the author's first book on the X-43A/Hyper-X project, Road to Mach 10: Lessons Learned from the X-43A Flight Research Program. The Hyper-X program involved the efforts of numerous governmental and commercial organizations, each with its own culture, experience, and tradition. A central theme of the Hyper-X story is how these disparate groups and organizations became a unified team working toward a common goal. Making the team's task more difficult was the technological, political, and funding challenges during nearly fifty years of scramjet development. Eleven Seconds into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program addresses these issues in compelling fashion, and will appeal to anyone interested in high-speed flight, aerospace history, the organization and management of technological projects, and the future of spaceflight.

Contents:

COVER

TITLE

COPYRIGHT

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 THE QUEST FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT

CHAPTER 2 HYPERSONIC REENTRY

CHAPTER 3 HYPERSONIC AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION

CHAPTER 4 DEVELOPMENT OF AIRFRAME-INTEGRATED SCRAMJETS

CHAPTER 5 THE BIRTH OF THE HYPER-X

CHAPTER 6 FROM CONCEPTS TO A FLIGHT RESEARCH PLAN

CHAPTER 7 HYPER-X SCRAMJET DEVELOPMENT

CHAPTER 8 HYPER-X STAGE SEPARATION RISK MITIGATION TESTING

CHAPTER 9 X-43A RESEARCH VEHICLE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

CHAPTER 10 GETTING READY: TESTING THE HYPER-X

CHAPTER 11 "LOCK THE DOORS . . ."

CHAPTER 12 TOWARD THE UNKNOWN

CHAPTER 13 LOOKING BACK-LOOKING FORWARD

INDEX

SUPPORTING MATERIALS.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-777-4

1-60086-778-2

OCLC:

922978914