Space, Aviation's Next Frontier
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 896
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The International Space Station
Author: Robert C. Dempsey
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780160943898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLooks at the operations of the International Space Station from the perspective of the Houston flight control team, under the leadership of NASA's flight directors, who authored the book. The book provides insight into the vast amount of time and energy that these teams devote to the development, planning and integration of a mission before it is executed. The passion and attention to detail of the flight control team members, who are always ready to step up when things do not go well, is a hallmark of NASA human spaceflight operations. With tremendous support from the ISS program office and engineering community, the flight control team has made the International Space Station and the programs before it a success.
On the Frontier
Author: Richard P. Hallion
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 420
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Business of Space
Author: L. Brennan
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-06-06
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 023030592X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the space industry from a business perspective, with a focus on international competition. The space industry traces its origins to the middle of last century as a government/military domain and the author now looks at the ongoing evolution of space exploration and travel, and projects the future of the industry.
X-15
Author: Dennis R. Jenkins
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2010-12-08
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13: 9781470025854
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe X-15 was the ultimate "X" vehicle. Built in the 1950s, she became the fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft of its time. During 199 flights from 1959 through 1968, she collected data about hypersonic flight that was invaluable to aeronautics and to developers of the space shuttle. This book describes the genesis of the program, the design and construction of the aircraft, years of research flights and the experiments that flew aboard them.-publisher description.
Spacewear
Author: Barbara Brownie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-01-10
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1350000345
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday, we are living in the New Space Age, where mass commercial space travel is almost within our grasp. This otherworldly possibility has opened up new cultural images of space, both real and fictional, and has caused fashion design and spacesuit engineering to intersect in new, exciting ways. Spacewear traverses this uncharted territory by exploring the changing imagination of space in fashion-and fashion in space-from the first Space Age to the 21st century. Exploring how space travel has stylistically and technologically framed fashion design on earth and how we need to revisit established design practices for the weightless environment, Spacewear connects the catwalk and the space station. This book draws together speculative fantasies in sci-fi films such as Star Trek and 2001: A Space Odyssey, with the engineered spacesuits Biosuit, and the NASA Z-2 and with catwalk interpretations by the likes of Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, André Courrèges, and Iris van Herpen. While the development of commercial space agencies has led to new concerns for style in garments for outer space that re-think fundamental design principles such as drape, high fashion has experimented with new possibilities for weightlessness that extend far beyond the 1960s vision of Space Age metallic fabrics and helmet-style headwear. Brownie takes the reader on a fascinating journey from fantasy to function and to form, deepening our understanding of this new category of fashion that is prompting new approaches to garment design and construction both on earth and in outer space.
Sky As Frontier
Author: David T. Courtwright
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781585444199
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA look at how aviation's frontier lasted only a scant 3 decades, then vanished as commercial and military imperatives made flying routine.
International Regimes for the Final Frontier
Author: M. J. Peterson
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0791483053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNeither rational choice theory, with its emphasis on interest calculation, nor sociological institutionalist theory, with its emphasis on identity-defined rule following, indicates how governments determine which of their multiple interests or identities are at stake in a particular situation or how they develop mutual comprehension of each other's goals. International Regimes for the Final Frontier addresses these gaps by tracing how governments approach an unfamiliar issue—in this case, international agreements regulating human activity in outer space between 1958 and 1988—and examines three ways situation definitions channel governments' approaches to issues or problems.
On the Frontier
Author: Richard P. Hallion
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2010-07-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1588342891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis little known classic history of flight-testing the Xplanes is reborn, sweepingly revised and updated with new and recently released information. Aviation enthusiasts will savor the most detailed account available of record-setting aircraft like the X-1 and XZ-15, flown by Chuck Yeager and other legends, as well as all the cutting-edge NASA and Defense Department programs that perfected the aeronautical concepts and technology used in US military, space, and commercial craft. A completely updated and reinterpreted text, three new chapters, dozens of rare photographs, and the complete statistical record of nearly six decades of testing make this required reading for anyone interested in manned flight.
