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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
263

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Previews available in: English

Subjects
Design and construction, Finance, Launch vehicles (Astronautics), New business enterprises, Reusable space vehicles, Launch vehicles (astronautics)
Places
United States

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2013, Primedia eLaunch LLC
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Rocket Company
2013, Primedia eLaunch LLC
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The rocket company
The rocket company
2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

Seven billionaires and one big problem
Big telescopes, hot rodders, and librarians
Gateses, Jobses, and the laureates' Lemma
Build big, build many, or use it again
Small market, small payload, but not a toy
Myths, mistrust, and trust
The pitch
The business plan
Mazes, stop cords, and skunk workers
Fuel tanks, heat shields, and fire walls
Balloon tanks, fracture mechanics, and friction stir welding
Enthusiasm bubbles, ejections, and expander cycles
Gasoline, alcohol, kerosene, or liquid methane
Design reviews, prototypes, and parawings
Guidance, navigation, and control
Webb suit, hard suit, space suit
Markets, philosophy, techniques, and approaches
Rockets, jets, and soft landings
Pilots, payloads, and passengers
Mooncars, monks, and monasteries
Aliens, cheetahs, and archea
Halfway to everywhere
First stage, first flight
Stop the production line!
Earth below us
Money, manufacturing, and marketing
Always room for improvement
Epilogue I Space is finally a place
Epilogue II Mars for the many.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Reston, Va

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
629.44/1
Library of Congress
TL785.8.L3 S84 2005, TL785.8.L3S84 2005

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
263

ID Numbers

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OL3401839M
Internet Archive
rocketcompany0000stie
ISBN 10
1563476967
LCCN
2005016557
OCLC/WorldCat
60644703
Library Thing
256507
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1944150

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