The history of hypersonics: Or, "back to the future - Again and again"

43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit - Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 12197-12236

  Hallion, Richard P ^a,b  

^a AIAA ^*  (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SPACE SHUTTLES;

AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION SYSTEMS; HYPERSONIC SYSTEMS; HYPERSONIC VEHICLES; MILITARY MISSIONS;

HYPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 30744478944     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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