NACA TO NASA TO NOW
THE FRONTIERS OF AIR AND SPACE
IN THE AMERICAN CENTURY
Summary: “NACA to NASA to Now
tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 1915–1958,
and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). These
two federal organizations facilitated the advance of technology for flight in the air and
space throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. Through aeronautics
research, and later space technology, the United States became the world’s leader in these
areas. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did.
“NACA to NASA to Now tells the story of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), 1915–1958, and its successor, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). These two federal organizations facilitated the advance of technology for flight in the air and space throughout the twentieth and into the twenty-first century. Through aeronautics research, and later space technology, the United States became the world’s leader in these areas. This book explores how and why aerospace technology took the course it did