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020 _a9781461455141
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024 7 _a10.1007/978-1-4614-5514-1
_2doi
050 4 _aTL787-4050.22
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100 1 _aSeedhouse, Erik.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSpaceX
_h[electronic resource] :
_bMaking Commercial Spaceflight a Reality /
_cby Erik Seedhouse.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bSpringer New York :
_bImprint: Praxis,
_c2013.
300 _aXVI, 206 p. 86 illus., 42 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aOther Springer-Praxis books of related interest by Erik Seedhoose
505 0 _aElon Musk -- Space Exers -- The Engines – Merlin -- The Rockets: from the Falcon 1 to the Falcon 9 -- The Rockets: from the Falcon 9 to the Falcon Heavy -- The Spacecraft – Dragon -- Contracts and Flight Operations -- I’ll Put a Man on Mars in 10 Years -- Red Dragon.
520 _a2012 - the year when the first ever privately-developed spacecraft visited the International Space Station. This is the story of how one company is transforming commercial space flight. It describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have resulted in the world's first fully reusable launch vehicles and the prospect of human travel to Mars. SpaceX - The First Ten Years: - explores the philosophy behind the success of SpaceX; - explains the practical management that enables SpaceX to keep it simple, reliable, and affordable; - details the developmentof the Falcon 1, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets and the technology of the Merlin engines; - describes the collaboration with NASA; - introduces current SpaceX projects, including the Grasshopper reusable launch vehicle and the Stratolaunch System. SpaceX - The First Ten Years is a portrait of one of the most spectacular spaceflight triumphs of the 21st century, one that is laying the foundation for humanity to become a spacefaring civilization.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aEntrepreneurship.
650 0 _aGlobalization.
650 0 _aMarkets.
650 0 _aSpace sciences.
650 0 _aPopular works.
650 0 _aAerospace engineering.
650 0 _aAstronautics.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science, general.
650 2 4 _aEntrepreneurship.
650 2 4 _aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650 2 4 _aEmerging Markets/Globalization.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781461455134
830 0 _aOther Springer-Praxis books of related interest by Erik Seedhoose
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5514-1
912 _aZDB-2-PHA
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c44391
_d44391