{"product_id":"9781410221223","title":"Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story","description":" Tells the story of the most unusual flying machines ever flown, the lifting bodies. Covers the 12-year period from 1963 to 1975 in which 8 different lifting-body configurations flew. A lifting body is basically a wingless vehicle that flies due to the lift generated by the shape of its fuselage. Over those 12 years, Reed experienced the story as it unfolded day by day at a remote NASA facility . Benefits from this effort immediately influenced the design \u0026amp; operational concepts of the winged NASA Shuttle Orbiter. The full benefits were realized in the 1990s when new spacecraft such as the X-33 \u0026amp; X-38 would fully employ the lifting-body concept. Photos \u0026amp; drawings.  ","brand":"University Press of the Pacific","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028243071216,"sku":"9781410221223","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410221223_p0.jpg?v=1763720323","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410221223","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}