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Pappalardo, Joe
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Space launch industry -- United States.
Space industrialization.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States.
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Pappalardo, Joe
Space launch industry -- United States.
Space industrialization.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States.
MARC Display
Spaceport
Earth
: the
reinvention
of
spaceflight
/ Joe Pappalardo.
by
Pappalardo, Joe
Overlook Duckworth, c2017.
Call #:
629.4 P218sp
Subjects
Space launch industry -- United States.
Space industrialization.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States.
ISBN:
9781468312782 (hc)
1468312782 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.
Contents:
Endings and beginnings -- Welcome to the jungle -- Moments in Mojave -- Desert hubris -- Wild horses at the Pilotless Research Station -- Armageddon spaceports -- The ULA/SpaceX feud -- Texas -- Waco and Tucson : new arrivals -- Cape redux: 2016 -- Epilogue: Full circle -- Space lingo.
Summary:
Examines the current state and future of the space travel industry, discussing the rise of private companies engaged in commercialized space flight, the building of new spacecraft and rockets, and the development of spaceports.
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