Bibliograph

Space 2.0, how private spaceflight, a resurgent NASA, and international partners are creating a new space age, Rod Pyle

Type

Label

Space 2.0, how private spaceflight, a resurgent NASA, and international partners are creating a new space age, Rod Pyle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-288) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Space 2.0

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1048661639

Responsibility statement

Rod Pyle

Sub title

how private spaceflight, a resurgent NASA, and international partners are creating a new space age

Summary

Along with the National Space Society, a foremost space historian and author offers an inside look at the next 20 years in space flightThe privatization of space exploration and the future of spaceflight is examined by an expert in the field who discusses how current research in propulsion and life support systems is triggering a new space age

Table Of Contents

Space 1.0, the final act -- A dark and forbidding place -- Why space? -- The first space age -- Destinations -- The human factor -- Space entrepreneurs -- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. -- A new space race -- Investing in space -- The space between nations -- The Russian juggernaut -- The China wildcard -- Truck stops in space -- Defending Earth -- Settling the final frontier -- A new age dawns -- Your place in space 2.0 -- Glossary

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