Virgin Galactic The First Ten Years /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

Thirty years ago when Sir Richard Branson called up Boeing and asked if they had a spare 747, few would have predicted the brash entrepreneur would so radically transform the placid business of air travel. But today, Branson flies airlines on six continents, employs hundreds of jets and, in 2014, wa...

Table of Contents:

• Suborbital Flight/: A Primer
• X-Prize
• SpaceShipOne
• Scaled Composites
• Spaceport in New Mexico
• Medical and Training Requirements
• Meet the Passengers
• Missions
• Beyond Suborbital Space.