The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space
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Date
12 Dec 2020
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Organiser
AIAA Adelaide Section
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Time
00:00 - 00:00
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Venue
Online
Speaker
Ms Michelle Evans
Remarks
Repost from AIAA Adelaide Section: https://engage.aiaa.org/adelaide/home
Summary
Date: 12 December 2020
Time: 3.30pm - 5.30pm AEDT
Keynote Speaker
Ms Michelle Evans
Ms Evans is founder and president of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com), she's a writer, photographer and communications specialist in aerospace communications. In this presentation, Michelle will present an untold story about the hypersonic X-15, a vehicle that was the true precursor to the Space Shuttle by being the first piloted and winged vehicle to exit Earth’s atmosphere and make a controlled reentry to a landing on hard-packed dry desert lakebeds.
