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Eleven Seconds into the Unknown: A History of the Hyper-X Program
Curtis Peebles
Library of Flight
2011, 342 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9781600867767
AIAA Members: $29.95
Non-Members: $39.95
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Quest for Hypersonic Flight
Hypersonic Reentry
Hypersonic Air-Breathing Propulsion
Development of Airframe-Integrated Scramjets
The Birth of the Hyper-X
From Concepts to a Flight Research Plan
Hyper-X Scramjet Development
Hyper-X Stage Separation Risk Mitigation Testing
X-34 Research Vehicle Design and Construction
Getting Ready: Testing the Hyper-X
"Lock the Doors..."
Toward the Unknown
Looking Back--Looking Forward
Index
Curtis Peebles
Library of Flight
2011, 342 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 9781600867767
AIAA Members: $29.95
Non-Members: $39.95
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Quest for Hypersonic Flight
Hypersonic Reentry
Hypersonic Air-Breathing Propulsion
Development of Airframe-Integrated Scramjets
The Birth of the Hyper-X
From Concepts to a Flight Research Plan
Hyper-X Scramjet Development
Hyper-X Stage Separation Risk Mitigation Testing
X-34 Research Vehicle Design and Construction
Getting Ready: Testing the Hyper-X
"Lock the Doors..."
Toward the Unknown
Looking Back--Looking Forward
Index
