Commercial Supersonic Technology: The Way Ahead

by National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board

High-speed flight is a major technological challenge for both commercial and business aviation. As a first step in revitalizing efforts by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to achieve the technology objective of high-speed air travel, NASA requested the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a study that would identify approaches for achieving breakthroughs in research and technology for commercial supersonic aircraft. Commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309082773
• ISBN13: 9780309082778
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 64 Pages