PDF-(BOOK)-High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945-1999

In HighSpeed Dreams Erik M Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians militaryNASA contractors private investors and environmentalists He documents postWorld War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century HighSpeed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics economics nationalism and the global pursuit of progress Historians along with participants in current aerospace research programs will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology. Ramesh. . Kakar. Aqua Program Scientist. June 28, 2011. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. Program Update. Aqua satellite is in its 10. th. year of operation. Retropropulsion. for Future Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing Systems. 8. th. International Planetary Probe Workshop. Short Course on Atmospheric Flight Systems Technologies. Portsmouth, Virginia, 4-5 June 2011. at Wanaka Airport Photo credit: www.csbf.nasa.gov NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has been assessing the suitability of Wanaka Airport as a site for the launch of an unmanned Earth Observation Missions. John Zuzek. 29-May-2014. NASA Domestic Issues & Future earth observation missions. 2. CORF Spring 2014 Meeting. 29-May-2014. John Zuzek, NASA. National Spectrum Program Manager. By Andrew Klein. Andy Green set the Land speed record. He did so with the Thrust SSC. The vehicle was powered by a Turbofan. He reached 760.343 mi/h (1223.657km/h) :Speed over 1kilometer. Also reached 763.o35mi/h (1227.986 km/h):Speed over 1mile. . NASA's 2013 Annual Workshop on Independent Verification and Validation of . Software. September 12, 2013. By. Darilyn Dunkerley. TASC, Inc.. Darilyn.M.Dunkerley@ivv.nasa.gov. NASA’s 2013 Annual Workshop on Independent Verification and Validation September 12, 2013. Ramesh. . Kakar. Aqua Program Scientist. June 28, 2011. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. R.Kakar/NASA HQ. Program Update. Aqua satellite is in its 10. th. year of operation. Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio Electric Propulsion Technology Developmentfor the Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter Project National Aeronautics andGlenn Research CenterPrepared for the40th Joint Propu The . Commercial . B. iomedical . T. esting . M. odule (CBMT) developed . at Ames houses mice for experimentation in . microgravity to study the problem. Ames Research Center. Amgen Inc.. Thousand Oaks, California. NASA Monograph in Aerospace History series, number 37. GEMINI was the intermediate manned space flight program between America\'s first steps into space with Mercury and the amazing and unprecedented accomplishments achieved during the manned lunar expeditions of Apollo. Because of its position between these two other efforts, Gemini is probably less remembered. Still, it more than had its place in man\'s progress into this new frontier. Gemini accomplishments were manyfold. They included many firsts: first astronaut-controlled maneuvering in space first rendezvous in space of one spacecraft with another first docking of one spacecraft with a propulsive stage and use of that stage to transfer man to high altitude first traverse of man into the Earth\'s radiation belts first extended manned flights of a week or more in duration first extended stays of man outside his spacecraft first controlled reentry and precision landing and many more. These achievements were significant in ways one cannot truly evaluate even today, but two things stand out: (1) it was the time when America caught up and surpassed the Soviet Union in manned space flight, and (2) these demonstrations of capability were an absolute prerequisite to the phenomenal Apollo accomplishments then yet to come. PROJECT Gemini is now little remembered, having vanished into that special limbo reserved for the successful intermediate steps in a fast-moving technological advance. Conceived and approved in 1961, the second major project in the American manned space flight program carried men into orbit in 1965 and 1966. Gemini thus kept Americans in space between the path-breaking but limited Earth-orbital missions of Project Mercury and the far more ambitious Project Apollo, which climaxed in 1969 when two men first set foot on the Moon. This book is a detailed history of the failures and victories of the Gemini program. This version of the book includes an overview of Project Gemini and a number of photos from NASA’s project files. 596 pages, color illustrations and photos. This magnificent volume offers a rich visual tour of the planets in our solar system. More than 200 breathtaking photographs from the archives of NASA are paired with extended captions detailing the science behind some of our cosmic neighborhood\'s most extraordinary phenomena. Images of newly discovered areas of Jupiter, fiery volcanoes on Venus, and many more reveal the astronomical marvels of space in engrossing detail. Anyone with an interest in science, astronomy, and the mysteries of the universe will delight in this awe-inspiring guide to the wonders of the solar system. Human Exploration Strategy – Extend and Sustain Human Activities Across the Solar System. March 28, 2012. Jeffrey R. Davis, MD. Director, Space Life Sciences, NASA. 50. th. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium. metal oxide . semiconductor (CMOS) active pixel sensors invented at JPL allow smaller, more efficient digital imagers than those based on charge coupled device . Other camera electronics can be integrated onto chip with pixel array: first “camera on a chip”.