FROM ENGINEERING SCIENCE

TO BIG SCIENCE


The NACA and NASA Collier Trophy

Research Project Winners

Edited by Pamela E. Mack

The NASA History Series

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
The Collier Trophy
Introduction Pamela E. Mack, Editor
Chapter 1 "Engineering Science and the Development of the NACA Low-Drag Engine Cowling," James R. Hansen
Chapter 2 "Lew Rodert, Epistemological Liaison, and Thermal De-Icing at Ames," Glenn E. Bugos
Chapter 3  "Research in Supersonic Flight and the Breaking of the Sound Barrier,"John D. Anderson, Jr.
Chapter 4  "The Transonic Wind Tunnel and the NACA Technical Culture," Steven T. Corneliussen
Chapter 5  "The Whitcomb Area Rule: NAGA Aerodynamics Research and Innovation," Lane E. Wallace
Chapter 6  "The X-15 Hypersonic Flight Research Program: Politics and Permutations at NASA," W.D. Kay
Chapter 7  "The Collier as Commemoration: The Project Mercury Astronauts and the Collier Trophy," Jannelle Warren-Findley
Chapter 8  "Managing America to the Moon: A Coalition Analysis," W. Henry Lambright
Chapter 9  "The Human Touch: The History of the Skylab Program," Donald C. Elder
Chapter 10  "LANDSAT and the Rise of Earth Resources Monitoring," Pamela E. Mack
Chapter 11  "Voyager: The Grand Tour of Big Science," Andrew,J. Butrica
Chapter 12  "The Space Shuttle's First Flight: STS-1," Henry C. Dethloff
Chapter 13  "More Favored than the Birds: The Manned Maneuvering Unit in Space," Anne Millbrooke
Chapter 14  "The Advanced Turboprop Project: Radical Innovation in a Conservative Environment,"
Mark D. Bowles and Virginia P. Dawson
Chapter 15  "Return to Flight: Richard H. Truly and the Recovery from the Challenger Accident," John M. Logsdon
Chapter 16  "The Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission," Joseph N. Tatarewicz
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