High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945–1999

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C O N T E N T S  vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations Used in the Text xv Introduction 1 1 Constructing the Supersonic Age 14 2 Technological Rivalry and the Cold War 48 3 Engineering the National Champion 82 4 Of Noise, Jumbos, and SSTs 118 5 Of Ozone, the Concorde, and SSTs 157 6 The Airbus, the Orient Express, and the Renaissance of Speed 189 7 Toward a Green SST 224 8 Sic Transit HSCT 259 Conclusion 301 Notes 307 Essay on Sources 353 Index 359  CONTENTS This page intentionally left blank ...