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050 00 $aTL785.8.L3$bS84 2005
082 00 $a629.44/1$222
100 1 $aStiennon, Patrick J. G.
245 14 $aThe rocket company /$cby Patrick J. G. Stiennon and David M. Hoerr ; illustrated by Doug Birkholz.
260 $aReston, Va. :$bAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,$cc2005.
300 $axiii, 263 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aSeven 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.
650 0 $aLaunch vehicles (Astronautics)$xDesign and construction.
650 0 $aReusable space vehicles.
650 0 $aNew business enterprises$zUnited States$xFinance.
700 1 $aHoerr, David M.
988 $a20090326
906 $0DLC