Peebles' history of US air-supported covert operations against the Soviet Bloc spans the cold war as far as the fall of Saigon. Drawing on recent scholarship and Soviet-era archives, Peebles, an aeros
“Through extensive research in newly declassified documents and numerous interviews with those who flew these supersensitive air-craft, Peebles reveals the secrets behind such ‘black aircraft’ as the
Asteroids suggest images of a catastrophic impact with Earth, triggering infernos, tidal waves, famine, and death -- but these scenarios have obscured the larger story of how asteroids have been disco
Peebles, a NASA contractor, documents the history of the X-43 project, which involved extensive testing of the first scramjet engine that was capable of speeds of up to Mach 10. The author details bot
