Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. First Steps in Hypersonic Research
2. Nose Cones and Re-entry
3. The X-15
4. First Thoughts of Hypersonic Propulsion
5. Widening Prospects for Re-entry
'6. Hypersonics and the Space Shuttle
7. The Fading, the Comeback
8. Why NASP Fell Short
9. Hypersonics After NASP
Bibliography
NASA History Series
Index

Thomas A. Heppenheimer received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He has also held Research Fellowships in Planetary Science at the California Institute of Technology and the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany. His other books include the authorized history of the space shuttle, published by NASA.