Customer Review: this is a great book for any aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike. The book starts off with the ornithopter and ends in space travel/missels, with complete detail. the author does a great job of explaining political, military and economic impacts on the aviation industry. The only bad part... more info
Customer Review: This is an invaluable guide to the development of the Saturn rockets which lays out not only the history of the development but delves into technical matters and looks at the entities involved in its building. It is well researched and thorough but it is not exciting, even for somebody like me who... more info
Customer Review: this is a brilliant work. Dr. Bilstein, a NASA space historian is also a professor at UHCL. He has a knack for making history come alive. This is exciting stuff. Probably one of the most remarkable people I've ever met. I put him right up there with Edward Teller. Read this book and step into an... more info
Customer Review: This is a very interesting book that concisely details the history of NACA and NASA. It doesn't get too deep into the technical or political sides, but tries to show a balanced view of all the important aspects of these organizations. My only complaint is regarding the pictures. One picture is used... more info
Customer Review: As World War II unfolded in Europe during the late 1930s and early 1940s, U.S. military planners realized the nation's airlift and airborne combat capability was underdeveloped and out of date. The U.S. Army Air Forces relied largely on civil airline equipment and personnel to launch the Air... more info
Customer Review: The aerospace industry has been essentially a "black box" little understood and magical in operation. Historians of flight tend to concentrate on invention, research and development, test and evaluation, and the details of military or civil operations. Accordingly, there are good histories of the... more info
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