The rocket company /

"A fictionalized account of the challenges faced by a group of seven investors and their engineering team in developing a low-cost, reusable, Earth-to orbit launch vehicle. The marketing, regulatory, and technical problems are explored ... "cover p. [4].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stiennon, Patrick J. G.
Other Authors: Hoerr, David M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reston, Va. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2005]
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents

MARC

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505 0 |a 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. 
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