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Author Belfiore, Michael P., 1969-

Title Rocketeers : how a visionary band of business leaders, engineers, and pilots Is boldly privatizing space / Michael Belfiore.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, [2007]
©2007

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  338.0973 B41    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgments -- Prologue : Full circle -- 1. Space or bust -- 2. Go! -- 3. The homebuilt spaceship -- 4. SpaceShipOne, government zero -- 5. NASA hitches a ride -- 6. The 200-g roller coaster -- 7. Orbit on a shoestring -- 8. Budget suites of outer space -- 9. Spaceport! -- 10. The sky's no limit -- Epilogue : Where are they now? -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Rocketry -- United States.
SpaceShipOne (Spacecraft)
Aeronautics -- Records -- United States.
Rutan, Burt.
Space travelers.
Outer space -- Civilian use.
ISBN 9780061149023
0061149020
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