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- catalog abstract ""By the late 1950s a small group of National Air and Space Administration (NASA) engineers and pilots were designing oddly shaped, wingless aircraft known as lifting bodies. Their goal was to develop a vehicle that could survive the heat of reentry into the atmosphere, fly at subsonic speeds, and make controlled, horizontal landings, much like an airplane. But NASA, determined to beat the Soviets to the moon, adopted the more easily implemented Mercury capsules. The proponents of lifting bodies continued during the 1960s and 1970s to refine and test the concept. Their research eventually became central to the design of the space shuttle, which first flew in 1981."".
- catalog contributor b11329922.
- catalog contributor b11329923.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""By the late 1950s a small group of National Air and Space Administration (NASA) engineers and pilots were designing oddly shaped, wingless aircraft known as lifting bodies. Their goal was to develop a vehicle that could survive the heat of reentry into the atmosphere, fly at subsonic speeds, and make controlled, horizontal landings, much like an airplane. But NASA, determined to beat the Soviets to the moon, adopted the more easily implemented Mercury capsules. The proponents of lifting bodies continued during the 1960s and 1970s to refine and test the concept. Their research eventually became central to the design of the space shuttle, which first flew in 1981."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-232) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface / Curtis Peebles -- 1. The Road to Space -- 2. A Test Pilot's Diary, 1962-1963 -- 3. The Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle -- 4. M2-F1 Evolution -- 5. The M2-F1 Aloft: Learning to Fly Without Wings -- 6. Justification and Development of the Heavyweight Lifting Bodies -- 7. "Look Ma, No Wings" -- 8. Hard Times -- 9. Pushing the Envelope / Curtis Peebles -- 10. The Lifting Bodies and the Birth of the Space Shuttle -- 11. Lifting Bodies Resurgent / Curtis Peebles.".
- catalog extent "x, 244 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Flying without wings.".
- catalog identifier "1560988320 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Flying without wings.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Flying without wings.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "629.47/1 21".
- catalog subject "Lifting bodies (Aeronautics) Research United States History.".
- catalog subject "Space shuttles Research United States History.".
- catalog subject "TL713.7 .T49 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface / Curtis Peebles -- 1. The Road to Space -- 2. A Test Pilot's Diary, 1962-1963 -- 3. The Paresev Paraglider Research Vehicle -- 4. M2-F1 Evolution -- 5. The M2-F1 Aloft: Learning to Fly Without Wings -- 6. Justification and Development of the Heavyweight Lifting Bodies -- 7. "Look Ma, No Wings" -- 8. Hard Times -- 9. Pushing the Envelope / Curtis Peebles -- 10. The Lifting Bodies and the Birth of the Space Shuttle -- 11. Lifting Bodies Resurgent / Curtis Peebles.".
- catalog title "Flying without wings : NASA lifting bodies and the birth of the space shuttle / Milton O. Thompson and Curtis Peebles.".
- catalog type "text".