Dubbs, Chris.

Realizing tomorrow the path to private spaceflight / [electronic resource] : Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011. - xii, 299 p., [26] p. of plates : ill. - Outward odyssey . - Outward odyssey. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Space flights.
Space tourism.
Space industrialization.


Outer space--Civilian use.


Electronic books.

TL790 / .D79 2011

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