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Author Pyle, Rod, author.

Title Space 2.0 : how private spaceflight, a resurgent NASA, and international partners are creating a new space age / Rod Pyle.

Publication Info. Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2019]
©2019

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.4 PYLE    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  629.4 PYLE    DUE 04-23-24
Description xv, 317 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Space 1.0, the final act -- A dark and forbidding place -- Why space? -- The first space age -- Destinations -- The human factor -- Space entrepreneurs --Space exploration technologies corp. -- A new space race -- Investing in space -- The space between nations -- The Russian juggernaut -- The China wildcard -- Truck stops in space -- Defending Earth -- Settling the final frontier -- A new age dawns -- Your place in space 2.0 -- Glossary.
Summary The privatization of space exploration and the future of spaceflight is examined by an expert in the field who discusses how current research in propulsion and life support systems is triggering a new space age.
Subject Outer space -- Exploration -- Popular works.
Space sciences -- Popular works.
Exploration of outer space. (OCoLC)fst01353078
Space sciences. (OCoLC)fst01127807
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
Genre/Form Popular works. (OCoLC)fst01423846
Other Form: Online version: Pyle, Rod. Space 2.0. Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2019] 9781946885746 (DLC) 2018038872
ISBN 9781944648459 (trade paper ; alk. paper)
1944648453 (trade paper ; alk. paper)
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