TY  - BOOK
AU  - Evans,Michelle
TI  - The X-15 rocket plane: flying the first wings into space 
SN  - 9780803246843
AV  - TL789 .X763 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Lincoln
PB  - University of Nebraska Press
KW  - X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
KW  - Research aircraft
KW  - United States
KW  - Aerodynamics, Hypersonic
KW  - Research
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; The whole nine yards --; A record high --; Gaining speed --; Naval engagement --; Changing course --; Straight and steady --; Skipping out --; On a roll --; Inconel meets celluloid --; Fastest man alive --; Chasing experiments --; In the line of duty --; Snow at Edwards --; Afterword; 2; b
N2  - With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight. Drawing on interviews with those who were there, Michelle Evans captures the drama and excitement of, yes, rocket science: how to handle the heat generated at speeds up to Mach 7, how to make a rocket propulsion system that could thrott
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