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Author Dubbs, Chris.

Title Realizing tomorrow [electronic resource] : the path to private spaceflight / Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker.

Imprint Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 299 p., [26] p. of plates : ill.
Series Outward odyssey
Outward odyssey.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Space flights.
Space tourism.
Space industrialization.
Outer space -- Civilian use.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Paat-Dahlstrom, Emeline.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780803216105 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803235274 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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