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SpaceShipOne: An Illustrated History

2008; Emerald Publishing Limited; Volume: 80; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1108/aeat.2008.12780eae.001

2059-9366

Dan Linehan,

Spacecraft Design and Technology

In April of 2003, a company called Scaled Composites lifted the veil of secrecy from a longtime research program and introduced to the world. And the age of commercial space travel took off ...like a rocket. This book chronicles the development of the world's first commercial manned space program - a program that includes an airborne launcher (the White Knight), a space ship (SpaceShipOne), rocket propulsion, avionics, simulator, and full ground support. With ample illustrations, photographs, and behind-the-scenes information, SpaceShipOne provides a full picture of this classified project - from the conception and design to the deals that brought together Scaled Composites' Burt Rotan and Virgin Airlines' Sir Richard Branson to the plans for building a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft.