The Hypersonic Revolution: Case Studies in the History of Hypersonic Technology Volume I

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
About This Series......Page 5
Whither Hypersonics?......Page 7
Foreward to 1987 Edition......Page 29
Preface: In the Beginning War the Dream......Page 34
Case I: Transiting from Air to Space: the North American X-15......Page 107
1. Genesis of a Research Airplane......Page 121
2. Designing for Mach 6......Page 141
3. The Propulsion Story......Page 175
4. On-Board Systems......Page 211
5. Tying up Loose Ends......Page 237
6. Research at the Edge of Space......Page 249
7. The Legacy of the X-15......Page 277
Case II: Strangled Infant: The Boeing X-20A Dyna-Soar......Page 305
1. Bomi to Dyna-Soar......Page 325
2. System 464L......Page 349
3. Phase Alpha and its Results......Page 373
4. Redirection......Page 393
5. Cancellation......Page 431
6. X-20: The Technical Legacy......Page 459
Case III: The Development of Winged Reentry Vehicles 1952-1963......Page 519
The Outlook in 1952......Page 524
The Brown-Zimmerman-O'Sullivan Study......Page 525
The First Manned Winged "Reentry" Vehicle: The X-15......Page 529
Project HYWARDS......Page 532
The NACA "Round III" Meeting at Ames......Page 544
Langley Parametric Analysis of Glider......Page 550
Early Manned Satellite Vehicle Concepts......Page 552
John Stack's Attitude Towards Space Projects......Page 556
Last NACA Conference on High-Speed Aerodynamics......Page 557
Project Dyna-Soar......Page 560
Principle Langley Contributors to Winged Reentry Vehicle Technology, 1958-1963......Page 567
SAB Review of Dyna-Soar and "Phase Alpha"......Page 570
Rocket-Model Flight Tests Supporting DS-1......Page 575
Decline and Termination of Dyna-Soar......Page 578
The Lifting-Body Diversion on the Way to the Shuttle......Page 584
Winged Space Shuttle......Page 587
Appendix......Page 591
Case IV: ASSET: Pioneer of Lifting Reentry......Page 593
1. ASSET: Origins, Concept, and Design......Page 595
2. Development and Fullfillment......Page 629
Case 5: Project PRIME: Hypersonic Reentry from Space......Page 675
1. PRIME and START: from Concept to Go-Ahead......Page 679
2. Building Momentum......Page 721
3. Development......Page 755
4. Management and Fabrication......Page 811
5. PRIME Flies......Page 841
A - PRIME Project Cost......Page 898
B - Senior Management Personnel at the START Program Office......Page 900
C - Maartin's Rationale for the SV-5 Shape......Page 901
D - SV-5 Wind Tunnel Testing......Page 906
E - A Chronology of PRIME Events......Page 910