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The rocket company
2005, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
in English
1563476967 9781563476969
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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.
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