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A People's History of Spaceflight

By: Chris Dubbs, Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom

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Hardcover | 1 June 2011

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Nearly forty years passed between the Apollo moon landings, the grandest accomplishment of a government-run space program, and the Ansari X PRIZE-winning flights of SpaceShipOne, the greatest achievement of a private space program. Now, as we hover on the threshold of commercial spaceflight, authors Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom look back at how we got to this point.

Their book traces the lives of the individuals who shared the dream that private individuals and private enterprise belong in space. Realizing Tomorrow provides a behind-the-scenes look at the visionaries, the crackpots, the financial schemes, the legal wrangling, the turf battles, and-underpinning the entire drama-the overwhelming desire of ordinary people to visit outer space.
A compelling story of the pioneers of commercial spaceflight-and their efforts to open the final frontier to everyone-this book traces the path to private spaceflight even as it offers an instructive, entertaining, and cautionary note about its future.

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"Tighten your seat belt for a wonderful ride of a read that tells the incredible tale of the dedicated people who helped push the throttle forward to make private space travel reality. Dubbs and Paat-Dahlstrom take a masterful and history-rich look at the true roots of space tourism, providing a needed course-correction for those who think off-Earth passenger travel is more giggle-factor than fact." - Leonard David, Space Insider columnist, SPACE.com "Many books have been written about the history of spaceflight, documenting the efforts to enter space 'for all mankind.' "Realizing Tomorrow" offers the first comprehensive history of what will be the future of spaceflight---'"by" all mankind.'" - Robert Pearlman, editor and founder of collectSPACE.com "Brimming with fascinating details and never-before-told stories, "Realizing Tomorrow" is a riveting account of the growth of commercial space. It is required reading for anyone who wants to know how a group of visionaries overcame great obstacles to pioneer the final frontier for profit." - Douglas Messier, editor in chief of Parabolicarc.com

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Non-Fiction Science Physics Applied Physics Astrophysics History General & World History Astronomy, Space & Time Engineering & Technology Transport Technology & Trades Aerospace & Aviation Technology Other Technologies & Applied Sciences

Space Science

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. I
The Entire Population of the Earth in Orbit	p. 9
The Birth of Private Rocker Companies	p. 32
Private Citizens Get Their Chance in Space	p. 61
Russia Commercializes Space	p. 87
Citizen Explorers	p. 114
The Quest for a Reusable Spaceship	p. 141
The Ansari X PRIZE Launches an Industry	p. 167
Private Manned Spaceflight Makes History	p. 192
Space Tourism Goes Mainstream	p. 218
It Takes More Than a Spaceship to Build an Industry	p. 269
Sources	p. 269
Index	p. 285
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