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Wingless Flight : The Lifting Body Story (Nasa Sp, 4220) by R. Dale Reed, with Darlene Lister is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wingless Flight : The Lifting Body Story (Nasa Sp, 4220) about?

Most lifting bodies, or "flying bathtubs" as they were called, were so ugly only an engineer could love them, and yet, what an elegant way to keep wings from burning off in supersonic flight between earth and orbit. Working in their spare time (because they couldn't initially get official permission), Dale Reed and his team of engineers demonstrated the potential of the design that led to the Space Shuttle. Wingless Flight takes us behind the scenes with just the right blend of technical information and fascinating detail (the crash of M2-F2 found new life as the opening credit for TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"). The flying bathtub, itself, is finding new life as the proposed escape-pod for the Space Station.

Who reads Wingless Flight : The Lifting Body Story (Nasa Sp, 4220)?

Author

R. Dale Reed, with Darlene Lister

Publisher

NASA History Office

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780160493904

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Technology, History

Rating

4 / 5 (2 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14