Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space download epub
by Michael Belfiore
Michael Belfiore is one of only a handful of freelance journalists covering commercial spaceflight. Born in 1969-the year Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon-Belfiore has always been fascinated by space travel. He lives with his family in Woodstock, New York.
Michael Belfiore is one of only a handful of freelance journalists covering commercial spaceflight.
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The commercial space race is heating up so fast you need a cheat sheet to keep track of all the billionaires and gamblers vying to be the first private entrepreneur to blast paying customers into orbit. does a stellar job introducing an intriguing cast of characters. Mark Horowitz, Wired. The privatization of space travel is an essential step toward realizing our cosmic destiny.
book by Michael Belfiore. On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne, built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, entered space and ushered in the commercial space age. Looking forward to "Rocketeers . "! Published by Thriftbooks. com User, 11 years ago. What a great book on the future of private space! I hope the author will write "Rocketeers . " real soon. Looking forward to following his career as a free-lance author.
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a b Belfiore, Michael (2007). Rocketeers: how a visionary band of business leaders, engineers, and pilots is boldly privatizing space. New York: Smithsonian Books. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-06-114903-0. Scaled Composites' public flight log. X Prize page about Scaled Composites. SpaceShipOne breaks the sound barrier - press release from Scaled Composites.
Released last month, Michael Belfiore's Rocketeers captures the Wild West flavor of the burgeoning group of dreamers, entrepreneurs and space buffs trying to open space to regular folks like you and me. From the publisher. In the more than forty years since the first human left the atmosphere of Earth, no one had ever done so without the help of a government agency.
Michael Belfiore was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with Michael with a focus toward his new book, "Rocketeers: How a visionary hand of business leaders, engineers, and pilots is boldly privatizing space
Michael Belfiore was the guest for this Space Show program. We began our discussion with Michael with a focus toward his new book, "Rocketeers: How a visionary hand of business leaders, engineers, and pilots is boldly privatizing space. His publisher is Smithsonian Books which is a division of the larger Harper Collins
Belfiore covers a wide range of "rocketeers," from Virgin tycoon Richard Branson to a few guys working out of someone's garage. There's still very little to write on the subject, though I hope, as Belfiore does, that we'll see manned private space missions in my lifetime and there will be enough material for a longer sequel.
“That this story is still unfolding makes it especially exciting to read. These men are still in their workshops, tinkering their way into orbit.” —David Gelles, FORBES
On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne, built by aircraft designer Burt Rutan, entered space and ushered in the commercial space age. Investment capital began to pour into the new commercial spaceflight industry. Richard Branson’s VirginGalactic plans to ferry space tourists out of the atmosphere. Las Vegas hotelier Robert Bigelow is developing the world’s first commercial space station (i.e., space hotel). These space entrepreneurs, including Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, now see space as the next big thing.
In Rocketeers, Michael Belfiore goes behind the scenes of this nascent industry, capturing its wild-west, anything-goes flavor. Likening his research to “hanging out in the Wright brothers’ barn,” Belfiore offers an inspiring and entertaining look at the people who are not afraid to make their bold dreams a reality.
“The commercial space race is heating up so fast you need a cheat sheet to keep track of all the billionaires and gamblers vying to be the first private entrepreneur to blast paying customers into orbit. [Belfiore] does a stellar job introducing an intriguing cast of characters.” —Mark Horowitz, Wired
“The privatization of space travel is an essential step toward realizing our cosmic destiny. In his engaging, highly readable Rocketeers, Michael Belfiore tells the fascinating story of the entrepreneurs who have already made it happen.” —Buzz Aldrin
“A riveting, you-are-there account of how this ragtag collection of innovative thinkers, brave pilots, and bold visionaries is—right now—launching one of the most exciting new industries in history. Belfiore’s eloquent writing and exhaustive reporting really bring this mysterious, secretive world to life.” —Eric Adams, Popular Science

ISBN: 0061149039
Category: Engineering & Transportation
Subcategory: Engineering
Language: English
Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (July 29, 2008)
Pages: 320 pages
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