HOW TO MAKE A SPACESHIP : A BAND OF RENEGADES, AN EPIC RACE, AND THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE SPACELIGHT

HOW TO MAKE A SPACESHIP : A BAND OF RENEGADES, AN EPIC RACE, AND THE BIRTH OF PRIVATE SPACELIGHT

How a historic race gave birth to private space flight Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached. There was a chance he would not come back...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guthrie, Julian (Author)
Other Authors: Branson, Richard (writer of foreword), Hawking, Stephen , 1942- (writer of afterword)
Format: Book
Published: London : Bantam Press 2016
Subjects:
Ansari XPRIZE for suborbital spaceflight
Businesspeople
Contests
Manned space flight > United States > History
Space flight > United States > History
Space vehicles > Design and construction
Space vehicles > Design and construction > Competitions

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