The rocket company
By: by Patrick J. G. Stiennon and David M. Hoerr ; illustrated by Doug Birkholz.
Contributors: Hoerr, David M.
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Reston, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- Design and construction; Reusable space vehicles; New business enterprises -- United States -- Finance
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Seven billionaires and one big problem; title: Big telescopes, hot rodders, and librarians; title: Gateses, Jobses, and the laureates' Lemma; title: Build big, build many, or use it again; title: Small market, small payload, but not a toy; title: Myths, mistrust, and trust; title: The pitch; title: The business plan; title: Mazes, stop cords, and skunk workers; title: Fuel tanks, heat shields, and fire walls; title: Balloon tanks, fracture mechanics, and friction stir welding; title: Enthusiasm bubbles, ejections, and expander cycles; title: Gasoline, alcohol, kerosene, or liquid methane; title: Design reviews, prototypes, and parawings; title: Guidance, navigation, and control; title: Webb suit, hard suit, space suit; title: Markets, philosophy, techniques, and approaches; title: Rockets, jets, and soft landings; title: Pilots, payloads, and passengers; title: Mooncars, monks, and monasteries; title: Aliens, cheetahs, and archea; title: Halfway to everywhere; title: First stage, first flight; title: Stop the production line!; title: Earth below us; title: Money, manufacturing, and marketing; title: Always room for improvement; title: Epilogue I Space is finally a place; title: Epilogue II Mars for the many.