Beginner's Guide to Propulsion Index
Web Sites
Book/Article
Schmidt-Nielson, Knut: (1984) Scaling, Why is Animal Size So Important?
Cambridge University Press, UK.
Achenbach, Joel. (January, 2000). "Life Beyond Earth"
National Geographic: 24-51.
Wall Chart/Poster
Superstars of Modern Aeronautics: Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude
Series, EW-1998-07-126-HQ
Visit http://spacelink.nasa.gov (search this number and download file.)
Education Brief
International Space Station Crew Return Vehicle: X-38, EB-1998-11-127-HQ
Visit http://spacelink.nasa.gov (search this number and download file.)
Educators' Guides
Aeronautics: An Educator's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics,
and Technology Education, EG-1998-09-105-HQ
Visit http://spacelink.nasa.gov (search this number and download file.)
Rockets: A Teacher's Guide with Activities in Science, Mathematics, and
Technology, EG-1996-09-108-HQ
Visit http://spacelink.nasa.gov (search this number and download file.)
Videos
Powers of 10, Pyramid Film and Video (1978)
Test Flights Beyond the Limits Series (1999)
Target: Grades 7-Adult
Available through NASA CORE, http://core.nasa.gov
These films present an entertaining and compelling story of the world of
flight tests and research. Three 47-minute programs combine exciting aerial
footage of unique research aircraft and insight interviews with pilots and
engineers to tell the inspiring and sometimes dangerous story of flight
research.
* Program 1: Flights of Discovery
>From the X-15 to testing of the new X-33 engine, learn what drives NASA's
modern-day explorers to go beyond tragedy, to find answers, and to push the
edges of flight where no one has gone before.
* Program 2: The Need for Speed
Witness how pilots and crews meet the challenges of supersonic flight with
planes such as the X-1 and SR-71 and explore the new technologies of the
X-43 and the High-Speed Civil Transport, which may open a new world of
unprecedented speed.
* Program 3: The New Frontier
Experience how current computer technology is changing how we fly. From the
radical looking X-29 to the amazing thrust vectoring X-31, explore how
computer developments can improve safety and deliver undreamed of
performance.