High-speed dreams; NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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080188067X

High-speed dreams; NASA and the technopolitics of supersonic transportation, 1945-1999.

Conway, Erik M.

Johns Hopkins U. Press

2005

369 pages

$49.95

Hardcover

New series in NASA history

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