In this Book
- High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945–1999
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Series: New Series in NASA History
summary
In High-Speed Dreams, Erik M. Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs. Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies, the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s, and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century.High-Speed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics, economics, nationalism, and the global pursuit of progress. Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- List of Abbreviations Used in the Text
- pp. xv-xvii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-13
- 1. Constructing the Supersonic Age
- pp. 14-47
- 3. Engineering the National Champion
- pp. 82-117
- 4. Of Noise, Jumbos, and SSTs
- pp. 118-156
- 5. Of Ozone, the Concorde, and SSTs
- pp. 157-188
- 7. Toward a Green SST
- pp. 224-258
- 8. Sic Transit HSCT
- pp. 259-300
- Conclusion
- pp. 301-306
- Essay on Sources
- pp. 353-358
Additional Information
ISBN
9781421410432
Related ISBN(s)
9780801880674, 9780801890819
MARC Record
OCLC
297874631
Pages
392
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No