Rocketeers
Subtitle: how a visionary band of business leaders,  engineers, and pilots Is boldly privatizing space
By: Michael Belfiore
Edition: 1st Collins pbk. ed.
Publisher: Smithsonian Books; Collins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780061149030
Subjects: Aeronautics; Civilian use; Rocketry; Space travelers; SpaceShipOne (Spacecraft); Records
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: full circle; title: Space or bust; title: Go!; title: The homebuilt spaceship; title: SpaceShipOne, government zero; title: NASA hitches a ride; title: The 200-g roller coaster; title: Orbit on a shoestring; title: Budget suites of outer space; title: Spaceport!; title: The sky's no limit; title: Epilogue: where are they now?