Selecting the mercury seven: the search for america's first astronauts
Auteur :
Burgess, Colin
Éditeur :
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN :
9781441984043
Date de publication :
17 août 2011
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
All of the candidates were among the nation's elite pilots involved in testing new supersonic aircraft capabilities. some were test pilots on top secret and sophisticated aviation projects, while others were fleet admirals, prisoners of war, and proposed pilots for spaceflight programs such as the Dyna-Soar (X-20).