Man's Place in Space-Plane Flight Operations: Cockpit, Cargo Bay, or Control Room?

Abstract

THESE WORDS, written by one of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency's (NASA) founding fathers and a driving force behind America's first manned space program (Project Mercury), were prophetic considering the United States Air Force's renewed interest in "space-plane" technology during the last decade of the twentieth century.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA523162

Entities

People

  • David M. Tobin

Organizations

  • Air and Space Power Journal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Aerospaceplanes
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Economics
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Orbits
  • Space Force
  • Space Objects
  • Space Systems
  • Space Transportation
  • Spacecraft
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Spacecraft
  • Unmanned Systems

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Groundwater Contamination Remediation.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Space