Erik M. Conway: High-Speed Dreams

Cover: 9780801890819 | High-Speed Dreams | Erik M. Conway | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2008

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In High-Speed 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, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World 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.

High-Speed 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.

Über den Autor

Erik M. Conway serves as historian, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California.

Details

Empfohlen (von):	22
Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Technik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780801890819
ISBN-10:	0801890810
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Conway, Erik M.
Hersteller:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Erik M. Conway
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.08.2008
Gewicht:	0,635 kg