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Destination

space : living on other planets
Examines what planets in our solar system offer the potential for space exploration and possible habitation, and what space travel looks like presently and in the future.
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Space entrepreneurship

facing the next frontier
Presents a collection of essays selected from the New York Times that looks at entrepreneurship in space industrialization.
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Rocketeers

how a visionary band of business leaders, engineers, and pilots is boldly privatizing space
2007
Profiles non-government figures who are using their personal fortunes to advance the field of space flight, building their own rockets and space stations, which will open up space exploration for ordinary people.

Realizing tomorrow

the path to private spaceflight
2011
Explors mankind's efforts to venture to outer space, chronicling the events that have led us to this point. Considers how close we are to commercial space flight and spotlights modern efforts to open the final frontier to everyone.

How to build your own spaceship

the science of personal space travel
2009
Presents a discussion of fuel systems and spaceship design that also covers the work of various billionaires and entrepreneurs to find new ways to successfully reach space and compete with others for the opportunity to serve commercial and government customers.

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