Evaluation of the National Aerospace Initiative by Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council, Committee on the National Aerospace Initiative, Air Force Science and Technology Board

The National Aerospace Initiative (NAI) was conceived as a joint effort between the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sustain the aerospace leadership of the United States through the acceleration of selected aerospace technologies: hypersonic flight, access to space, and space technologies. The Air Force became concerned about the NAI''s p...