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John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero Of The Apollo Moon Landings, William F. Causey
John Houbolt: The Unsung Hero Of The Apollo Moon Landings, William F. Causey
Purdue University Press Book Previews
In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth before the end of that decade. Yet NASA did not have a specific plan for how to accomplish that goal. Over the next fourteen months, NASA vigorously debated several options. At first the consensus was to send one big rocket with several astronauts to the moon, land and explore, and then take off and return the astronauts to earth in the same vehicle. Another idea involved launching several smaller Saturn V rockets into the …
Efficiency Of Gas Turbine Engines, Tahir A. Upshaw
Efficiency Of Gas Turbine Engines, Tahir A. Upshaw
The Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research
The following research involves conducting a confirmation of test bench results, and parametric cycle analysis. The results from these two methods of data collection is meant to show relationship between both. Where the data of the price induction can be verified with the parametric cycle analysis of the individual components to calculate the thrust and efficiency. Once we compare both methods, it will allow us to move on to part two of the research which involves determining how to make gas turbine engines more efficient based on the collected data.