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Accession Number:
AD0745242
Title:
Aviation on the Threshold of Space (Chapter 9)
Corporate Author:
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Report Date:
1972-05-01
Abstract:
The document discusses general problems and progress thus far involving space-aircraft or lifting bodies. All sources quoted are from U.S. publications except for one French reference to a space station. Vehicles described include the Dyna Soar, X-15, SV-5D, X-24A, HL-10, and a U.S. orbital space station. Problems discussed include heat-shielding, methods of control, speeds, and power sources.
Supplementary Note:
Edited machine trans. of mono. Aviatsiya na Poroge v Kosmos, 1971 p284-315, by Francis T. Russell.
Pages:
0040
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
File Size:
2.13MB
