High-Speed Dreams : NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945--1999 (New Series in NASA History)
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"Of interest to historians and social scientists concerned with the politics and economics of public policy... An important book on a fascinating topic." -- Choice
"High-Speed Dreams is a concise and thoroughly fascinating history of the train wreck that was the U.S. supersonic civil transport programs." -- Mark Huber, Air and Space Magazine
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"Impressive and thorough. An important contribution to our understanding of state-supported large-scale technological development in America. It will be of interest to aerospace enthusiasts, historians of technology, and students of public policy." -- Alex Roland, Duke University, former president of the Society for the History of Technology
High-Speed Dreams : NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945--1999 (New Series in NASA History)
High-Speed Dreams: NASA and the Technopolitics of Supersonic Transportation, 1945--1999 (New Series in NASA History),Erik M. Conway,The Johns Hopkins University Press,080188067X,20th century,Aeronautics & Astronautics,Aviation - General,Aviation - History,Earth Sciences - General,History,National Aeronautics and Space Administration,Political aspects,Research,Science,Science/Mathematics,Supersonic transport planes,Transportation,United States,United States.,Aerospace & aviation technology,USA
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