
The X-15 Rocket Plane
Flying the First Wings into Space
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Narrated by:
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Gary L. Willprecht
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With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight.
Drawing on interviews with those who were there, Michelle Evans captures the drama and excitement of, yes, rocket science: how to handle the heat generated at speeds up to Mach 7, how to make a rocket propulsion system that could throttle, and how to safely reenter the atmosphere from space and make a precision landing.
This book puts a human face on the feats of science and engineering that went into the X-15 program, many of them critical to the development of the Space Shuttle. And, finally, it introduces us to the largely unsung pilots of the X-15. By the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing, 31 American astronauts had flown into space - eight of them astronaut-pilots of the X-15. The X-15 Rocket Plane restores these pioneers, and the others who made it happen, to their rightful place in the history of spaceflight.
©2013 Michelle Evans (P)2014 Redwood AudiobooksCritic reviews
A rather long-winded, one-sided story.
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If you could sum up The X-15 Rocket Plane in three words, what would they be?
Detailed, long, preciseWhat was one of the most memorable moments of The X-15 Rocket Plane?
The record breaking feats of daring by the pilots and the realisation the Neal Armstrong was taken off of flight dutiesHave you listened to any of Gary L. Willprecht’s other performances? How does this one compare?
NoIf you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
God this this longAny additional comments?
If like me you a a die hard fan of all things areonautic and space, then this is the book for you. I can see that the story could have a limited audience to the some mugglesBrilliant for a fanatic
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Pretty good, but some odd tangents
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