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Realizing tomorrow [electronic resource] : the path to private spaceflight / Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dubbs, Chris.
- Series:
- Outward odyssey.
- Outward odyssey
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space flights.
- Space tourism.
- Space industrialization.
- Outer space--Civilian use.
- Outer space.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (343 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engaging account of the people and events who have shaped the development of private spaceflight
- Contents:
- The entire population of the earth in orbit
- The birth of private rocket companies
- Private citizens get their chance in space
- Russia commercializes space
- Citizen explorers
- The quest for a reusable spaceship
- The ansari x prize launches an industry
- Private manned spaceflight makes history
- Space tourism goes mainstream
- It takes more than a spaceship to build an industry.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14637-1
- 9786613146373
- 0-8032-3527-5
- OCLC:
- 733040367
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