High-speed dreams : NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999

Publication Data

• Title High-speed dreams : NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999
• Author Erik M. Conway
• Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date 2005
• Publication location Baltimore, Md.
• Language English

Contents

Constructing the supersonic age
Technological rivalry and the Cold War
Engineering the national champion
Of noise, jumbos, and SSTs
Of ozone, the Concorde, and SSTs
The Airbus, the Orient Express, and the renaissance of speed
Towards a green SST
Sic transit HSCT.

Topics

• United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration :: Research :: History :: 20th century
• Supersonic transport planes :: Political aspects :: United States :: History :: 20th century

High-speed dreams : NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999 by Erik M. Conway. ISBN 080188067X. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2005. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.