Realizing Tomorrow : The Path to Private Spaceflight.

By: Dubbs, ChrisContributor(s): Paat-Dahlstrom, Emeline | Walker, Charles DMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Outward OdysseyPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (343 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780803235274Subject(s): Outer space -- Civilian use | Space flights | Space industrialization | Space tourismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Realizing Tomorrow : The Path to Private SpaceflightDDC classification: 629.4/1 LOC classification: TL790 -- .D79 2011ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Title Pa ge -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. The Entire Population of the Earth in Orbit -- 2. The Birth of Private Rocket Companies -- 3. Private Citizens Get Their Chance in Space -- 4. Russia Commercializes Space -- 5. Citizen Explorers -- 6. The Quest for a Reusable Spaceship -- 7. The Ansari X Prize Launches an Industry -- 8. Private Manned Spaceflight Makes History -- 9. Space Tourism Goes Mainstream -- 10. It Takes More Than a Spaceship to Build an Industry -- Sources -- Index.
Summary: Engaging account of the people and events who have shaped the development of private spaceflight.
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Intro -- Title Pa ge -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- 1. The Entire Population of the Earth in Orbit -- 2. The Birth of Private Rocket Companies -- 3. Private Citizens Get Their Chance in Space -- 4. Russia Commercializes Space -- 5. Citizen Explorers -- 6. The Quest for a Reusable Spaceship -- 7. The Ansari X Prize Launches an Industry -- 8. Private Manned Spaceflight Makes History -- 9. Space Tourism Goes Mainstream -- 10. It Takes More Than a Spaceship to Build an Industry -- Sources -- Index.

Engaging account of the people and events who have shaped the development of private spaceflight.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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