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Article: Ideas into Hardware: A History of the Rocket Engine Test Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center.(Book review)
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- Air Power History
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- December 22, 2007
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 Air Force Historical Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Ideas into Hardware." A History of the Rocket Engine Test Facility at the NASA Glenn Research Center. By Virginia P. Dawson. Cleveland, Ohio: NASA Glenn Research Center, 2004. Appendices. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xv, 144.
When a building is listed on the National Register of Historical Places, certain privileges and responsibilities are involved. One of the responsibilities, if the building is to be destroyed, is to document the building, its place in history, and information about why it was so designated. The Rocket Engine Test Facility (RETF) at what is now the NASA Glenn Research Center was built in 1957. It was a major player in the ...