Facing the Heat Barrier - NASA's History Office
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<strong>Facing</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Heat</strong> <strong>Barrier</strong>: A <strong>History</strong> of Hypersonics<br />
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Folder 18649, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA <strong>History</strong> Division, Washington,<br />
D.C. 20546.<br />
29 Heppenheimer, Man-Made, pp. 286-91. Quote: Author interview, Arthur Kantrowitz, 22 June<br />
2001. Folder 18649, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA <strong>History</strong> Division, Washington,<br />
D.C. 20546.<br />
30 Shapiro, Compressible, pp. 1007-11, 1027; Lukasiewicz, Experimental, ch. 13.<br />
31 Comptes Rendus, Vol. 129 (1899), pp. 1128-30.<br />
32 Proceedings of <strong>the</strong> Royal Society, Vol. A186 (1946), pp. 293-21.<br />
33 Review of Scientific Instruments, November 1949, pp. 807-815 (quotes, pp. 813, 814).<br />
34 Journal of Applied Physics, December 1952, pp. 1390-99 (quote, p. 1397).<br />
35 Wegener, Peenemunde, p. 131; Nature, Vol. 171 (1953), pp. 395-96; NASA SP-4308, p. 134;<br />
quote: Hallion, Hypersonic, pp. xxvi-xxvii.<br />
36 Rose, “Physical”; Kantrowitz, “Shock Tubes.”<br />
37 Journal of <strong>the</strong> Aeronautical Sciences, February 1958, pp. 86-97.<br />
38 Rose, “Physical,” pp. 11-12.<br />
39 Jet Propulsion, April 1956, pp. 259-269.<br />
40 Journal of <strong>the</strong> Aeronautical Sciences, February 1958: pp. 73-85, 86-97.<br />
41 Brown et al., “Study,” pp. 13-17.<br />
42 Neufeld, Ballistic, pp. 78-79, 117.<br />
43 Emme, <strong>History</strong>, pp. 7-110; Ordway and Sharpe, Rocket Team, pp. 366-73.<br />
44 Ley, Rockets, pp. 237, 245.<br />
45 “Re-Entry Studies,” Vol. 1, pp. 21, 27, 29.<br />
46 Grimwood and Strowd, <strong>History</strong>, pp. 10-13.<br />
47 “Re-Entry Studies,” Vol. 1, pp. 2, 24-25, 31, 37-45, 61.<br />
48 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January-February 1982, pp. 3-11.<br />
49 Ibid. Extended quote, p. 5.<br />
50 Journal of <strong>the</strong> Aero/Space Sciences, May 1960, pp. 377-85.<br />
51 Kreith, <strong>Heat</strong> Transfer, pp. 538-45.<br />
52 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January-February 1982, p. 6. Quote: Author interview, Arthur<br />
Kantrowitz, 22 June 2001. Folder 18649, NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA <strong>History</strong><br />
Division, Washington, D.C. 20546.<br />
53 NASA SP-440, p. 85; ARS Paper 724-58 (quote, p. 4).<br />
54 ARS Paper 724-58.<br />
55 NASA SP-4308, p. 133.<br />
56 ARS Paper 724-58; Journal of <strong>the</strong> Aero/Space Sciences, July 1960, pp. 535-43 (quote, p. 535).<br />
57 Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January-February 1982, pp. 8-9.<br />
58 ARS Paper 838-59.<br />
59 “Re-Entry Test Vehicle X-17.” Over-<strong>the</strong>-top: NASA RP-1028, p. 443.<br />
60 This flight is fur<strong>the</strong>r discussed in ch. 6.<br />
Nose Cones and Re-entry<br />
61 NASA RP-1028, p. 488.<br />
62 Miller, X-Planes, pp. 215, 217.<br />
63 Ibid., p. 213; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, January-February 1982, p. 6.<br />
64 “Re-Entry Studies,” Vol. 1, pp. 69-71; Grimwood and Strowd, <strong>History</strong>, p. 156.<br />
65 “Re-Entry Studies,” Vol. 1, pp. 61, 64, 71, 73, 98.<br />
66 Grimwood and Strowd, <strong>History</strong>, p. 156.<br />
67 Time, 18 November 1957, pp. 19-20 (includes quote).<br />
68 “Re-Entry Studies,” Vol. 1, pp. 3, 5.<br />
69 Journal of <strong>the</strong> British Interplanetary Society, May 1984, pp. 219-25; Hallion, Hypersonic, p. lxxii.<br />
70 Journal of <strong>the</strong> British Interplanetary Society, May 1984, p. 219.<br />
71 DTIC AD-320753, pp. 11-12.<br />
72 DTIC AD-342828, pp. 16-19; AD-362539, pp. 11, 83.<br />
73 Journal of <strong>the</strong> British Interplanetary Society, May 1984, p. 220. Trajectory data: DTIC AD-<br />
320753, Appendix A.<br />
74 AIAA Journal, January 1963, pp. 41-45 (quote, p. 41).<br />
75 Journal of <strong>the</strong> British Interplanetary Society, May 1984, p. 220.<br />
76 Journal of <strong>the</strong> British Interplanetary Society, May 1984, p. 220; Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets,<br />
January-February 1982, p. 8.<br />
77 Time, December 8, 1958, p. 15 (includes quote).<br />
78 Hallion, Hypersonic, p. lxxii. Dimensions: DTIC AD-362539, p. 73. Weight: AD-832686, p.<br />
20-23.<br />
79 DTIC AD-362539, pp. 11, 39.<br />
80 Hallion, Hypersonic, p. lxxii.<br />
81 DTIC AD-362539, pp. 11-12. Peak heating occurred approximately at maximum dynamic<br />
pressure, at Mach 14 (see p. 12). Altitude, 40,000 feet, is from Figs. 2.6.<br />
82 DTIC AD-362539, pp. 9, 12-13 (quote, p. 9).<br />
83 Author interview, Arthur Kantrowitz, 22 June 2001. Folder 18649, NASA Historical Reference<br />
Collection, NASA <strong>History</strong> Division, Washington, D.C. 20546<br />
84 Author interview, Steven Weinberg, 3 January 1990. Folder 18649, NASA Historical Reference<br />
Collection, NASA <strong>History</strong> Division, Washington, D.C. 20546. Quote: Journal of Spacecraft<br />
and Rockets, January-February 1982, p. 3.<br />
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