FROM ENGINEERING SCIENCE TO BIG SCIENCE. The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners [The NASA History Series, NASA Sp-4219]

Mack, Pamela E.

ISBN 10: 0160496403 / ISBN 13: 9780160496400

Published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1998

About this Item

This work consists of essays on individual aerospace research and develoment projects throughout the history of both the NACA and NASA. These projects each received the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy for their numerous advances in the performance, efficiency, or safety of flying vehicles. The book contains photographs, illustrations, footnotes, Contributors' Biographies, and an index. This copy is clean and solid.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FROM ENGINEERING SCIENCE TO BIG SCIENCE. The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners [The NASA History Series, NASA Sp-4219]
• Publisher: NASA, Washington, D.C.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0160496403
• ISBN 13: 9780160496400
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This volume is a collection of 16 essays on the NACA and NASA aerospace research projects that received the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy. From NACA achievements such as the Whitcomb Area Rule and the NACA Engine Cowling to NASA landmarks such as the first Space Shuttle flight and the Hubble Space Telescope's first servicing mission, this book covers a variety of important NACA/NASA achievements. We recommend it highly for all students interested in aerospace history.

About the Author

 Pamela E. Mack is associate professor of history at Clemson University. She received a Ph.D. in the history of technology from the University of Pennsylvania and is the author of Viewing the Earth: The Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System (MIT Press, 1990).