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Realizing tomorrow : the path to private spaceflight

Title
Realizing tomorrow : the path to private spaceflight / Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker.
Author
Dubbs, Chris (Military historian)
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.

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Additional Authors
Paat-Dahlstrom, Emeline.
Description
xii, 299 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary
Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the quest to develop a private space program by individuals and commercial enterprises in America and Russia.
Series Statement
Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
Uniform Title
Outward odyssey
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9780803216105
  • 0803216106
  • 9780803266674
  • 0803266677
LCCN
2010046898
OCLC
  • ocn679936537
  • 679936537
  • SCSB-9295989
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library