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Wright Stuff: The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space (Apogee Books Space Series) - Softcover

Webber, Derek

 
9781926592176: Wright Stuff: The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space (Apogee Books Space Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1926592174 ISBN 13: 9781926592176
Verlag: Collector's Guide Publishing, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Recounted through a well-selected collection of photographs, this discussion relates a succession of advancements and risk taking, chronicling the evolution of space tourism. Traveling back to the almost simultaneous beginnings of aviation and rocketry, this analysis highlights the crucial names in the industry, honoring them with The Wright Stuff” awards for their contributions. Illustrating how today’s tickets to space have been made possible not just by entrepreneurs and engineers but also by the efforts of artists, regulators, politicians, and some of the earliest aviators, this exploration also touches on today’s rapid expansion phase of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flights. Clearly depicting how a commercial business can emerge in this swiftly growing field, this unique investigation also provides examples of how space tourists are helping to create reusable technologies of benefit to all.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Derek Webber is the Washington, DC, director of Spaceport Associates. He has directed three landmark studies that helped to establish the existence of a space tourism market. He is a former launch vehicle and satellite engineer, a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He is a co-author of Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.Buzz Aldrin was one of the first two humans to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 landing of 1969. Since retiring from NASA, he has devoted himself to ensuring the continuation of manned space exploration. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Verlag
Collector's Guide Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1926592174
ISBN 13 
9781926592176
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Anzahl der Seiten
168
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