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Virgin Galacticthe first ten years /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Virgin Galacticby Erik Seedhouse.
Reminder of title:	the first ten years /
Author:	Seedhouse, Erik.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2015.
Description:	xix, 203 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Space tourism.
Subject:	Outer spaceExploration.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09262-1
ISBN:	9783319092621 (electronic bk.)

Virgin Galacticthe first ten years /
Seedhouse, Erik.

Virgin Galacticthe first ten years /[electronic resource] :by Erik Seedhouse. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2015. - xix, 203 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. - Springer-Praxis books in space exploration..

Suborbital Flight/: A Primer -- X-Prize -- SpaceShipOne -- Scaled Composites -- Spaceport in New Mexico -- Medical and Training Requirements -- Meet the Passengers -- Missions -- Beyond Suborbital Space.

Thirty years ago when Sir Richard Branson called up Boeing and asked if they had a spare 747, few would have predicted the brash entrepreneur would so radically transform the placid business of air travel. But today, Branson flies airlines on six continents, employs hundreds of jets and, in 2014, was predicting that his spaceship company – Virgin Galactic – would soon open the space frontier to commercial astronauts, payload specialists, scientists and space tourists. With more than 600 seats sold at

ISBN: 9783319092621 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-09262-1doiSubjects--Corporate Names:

714521
Virgin Galactic (Firm)
Subjects--Topical Terms:

277690
Space tourism.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

387234
Outer space
--Exploration.

LC Class. No.: TL794.7

Dewey Class. No.: 629.4

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