Eleven Seconds Into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program (Library of Flight)

Curtis Peebles

ISBN 10: 1600867766 / ISBN 13: 9781600867767

Published by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eleven Seconds Into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program (Library of Flight)
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1600867766
• ISBN 13: 9781600867767
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.