aerospace industry

The author shares four entrepreneurs' stories and their quest to industrialize space travel and end the government's monopoly on the cosmos.

Provides an overview of the field, employment outlook, educational requirements, and salary opportunities.

Examines career opportunities within the aviation and aerospace industry and includes information on eighty jobs including aircraft maintenance, aviation safety and management, flight operations, military aviation, and space flight.

Presents an overview of the aerospace industry, including employment outlook, educational requirements, and salary opportunities for specific careers.

Presents an overview of the aerospace industry, including employment outlook, educational requirements, and salary opportunities for specific careers.

Reexamines the decision made by NASA managers to proceed with the "Challenger" space shuttle launch in spite of evidence that something was wrong, and offers a sociological explanation for their actions.

Recounts the story of the explosion of space shuttle Challenger in January 1986, the events leading up to the disaster, and its effect on the United States space program.

Reexamines the disastrous decision made by NASA managers to proceed with the Challenger space shuttle launch in spite of evidence that something was wrong, contradicting conventional interpretations of production pressures and managerial wrong-doing, and offering a sociological explanation.