Realizing tomorrow
Subtitle: the path to private spaceflight
By: Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker
Contributors: Paat-Dahlstrom, Emeline
Series: Outward odyssey: a people's history of spaceflight
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780803216105
Subjects: Space industrialization; Space tourism; Space flights; Civilian use
Description: Presents a behind-the-scenes look at the quest to develop a private space program by individuals and commercial enterprises in America and Russia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: The entire population of the earth in orbit; title: The birth of private rocket companies; title: Private citizens get their chance in space; title: Russia commercializes space; title: Citizen explorers; title: The quest for a reusable spaceship; title: The ansari x prize launches an industry; title: Private manned spaceflight makes history; title: Space tourism goes mainstream; title: It takes more than a spaceship to build an industry.