SpaceShipOne (eBook)

An Illustrated History

Dan Linehan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
160 Seiten
Zenith Press (Verlag)
978-1-61673-230-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In April of 2003, a company called Scaled Composites lifted the veil of secrecy from a longtime research program and introduced SpaceShipOne to the world. And the age of commercial space travel took off . . . like a rocket. This book chronicles the development of the worlds first commercial manned space program--a program that includes an airborne launcher (the White Knight), a space ship (SpaceShipOne), rocket propulsion, avionics, simulator, and full ground support. With ample illustrations, photographs, and behind-the-scenes information, SpaceShipOne provides a full picture of this classified project--from the conception and design to the deals that brought together Scaled Composite's Burt Rutan and Virgin Airline's Sir Richard Branson to the plans for building a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft. The story of SpaceShipOne combines the adventurous spirit of Charles Lindbergh, the entrepreneurial drive of Howard Hughes, and the urgency of the space race at the height of the Cold War. Author Dan Linehan, who was there at the launch, lets readers in on the drama and details behind the making of spaceships that will take twenty-first-century tourists to the final frontier.

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"e;One of the most remarkable accomplishments in our conquest of gravity."e; - Sir Arthur C. Clarke In April, 2003, a company called Scaled Composites introduced SpaceShipOne to the world. SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History chronicles the development of the world's first commercial manned space program-aprogram that includes an airborne launcher (the White Knight), a space ship (SpaceShipOne), rocket propulsion, avionics, simulator, and full ground support. With ample illustrations, photographs, and behind-the-scenes information, SpaceShipOne provides a full picture of this classified project. The story of SpaceShipOne combines the adventurous spirit of Charles Lindbergh, the entrepreneurial drive of Howard Hughes, and the urgency of the space race at the height of the Cold War.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.6.2011
• Vorwort: Arthur C. Clarke
• Zusatzinfo: 283 color photos, 12 diagrams
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: Ansari • Astronauts • aviation • aviation books • books about space • citizen science • citizen scientists • Civil Aviation • EAA • Elon Musk • experimental aircraft • globalflyer • how to be an astronaut • International Space Station • ISS • military aviation • Nasa • Oshkosh • paul allen • private aircraft • private spacecraft • private space ships • private spaceships • Richard Branson • Rocketry • rockets • Science Fiction • Sci-fi • Smithsonian • space books • space exploration,apollo,tesla • Space race • space ship one • spaceship one • SpaceShipOne • spaceships • space shuttle • Voyager • White Knight • x planes • X-Planes • x prize • x-prize
• ISBN-10: 1-61673-230-X / 161673230X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61673-230-1 / 9781616732301