From Engineering Science to Big Science; The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy Research Project Winners, NASA SP-4219
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Office of Policy and Plans, NASA History Office, 1998. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xxiii, [1], 427, [1] pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Index. Name, address of previous owner and date on fep. The previous owner was John D. Anderson, Jr, the author of one of the essay in this compilation, "Research in Supersonic Flight and the Breaking of the Sound Barrier." Among other contributors were: James R. Hanson, and John Logsdon. Among the other topics covered are: Engineering Science; Lew Rodert, Thermal De-Icing; X-15 Hypersonic Flight; Project Mercury Astronauts; Skylab Program; LANDSAT; Earth Resources Monitoring; Voyager: Space Shuttle; Manned Maneuvering Unit; Turboprop, Richard Truly, Challenger Accident, Hubble Space Telescope; Servicing Mission. This is part of The NASA History Series. From Engineering Science to Big Science consists of essays on individual aerospace R&D projects throughout the history of both the NACA and NASA. These R&D projects are unified by the fact that each received the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy for their numerous advances in the performance, efficiency, or safety of flying vehicles. Pamela E. Mack has edited a comprehensive and illuminating collection of articles on this important subject which provides a valuable and comprehensive analysis of key R&D projects. Pamela E. Mack is associate professor of history at Clemson University, a Ph.D. in the history of technology from the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of the seminal study, Viewing the Earth: The Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System. The Editor is also the Coordinator of Clemson's Science and Technology in Society Program. More