One of the most important, but under-appreciated, aspects of the NACA/NASA mission is its aeronautical R&D efforts. Within a short time of the first flight of the Wright brothers in 1903, the United States government recognized the importance of fostering development in the new and critical field of aeronautics. NASA's predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), was chartered by Congress in 1915 specifically to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution. This became an enormously important government research and development activity for the next half century, materially enhancing the development of aeronautics in America. The results of the NACA's research appeared in more than 16,000 research reports of one type or another, distributed widely for the benefit of all. Many of the reports documenting R&D conducted under NACA auspices are still being used today. Since the creation of NASA in 1958, the critical R&D function has continued but is not well known. This work documents the historical R&D program of the agency by focusing on flight research.


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    Titel :

    Separating the from the Imagined: Flight Research at the NACA and NASA, 1915-1998


    Beteiligte:
    M. H. Gorn (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2000


    Format / Umfang :

    435 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch