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Author:

Fernholz, Tim, author.

Title:

Rocket billionaires : Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the new space race / Tim Fernholz.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 281 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Musk, Elon.
Bezos, Jeffrey.
Space industrialization--United States.
Outer space--Civilian use--United States.
Astronautics--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-269) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Space race -- The rocket-industrial complex -- The rocket monopoly -- The Internet guy -- Friday afternoon space club -- The tyranny of the rocket -- Never a straight answer -- A method of reaching extreme altitudes -- Test as we fly -- Change versus more of the same -- Capture the flag -- Space race 2.0 -- Reduce, reuse, recycle -- Pushing the envelope -- Rocket billionaires -- Beyond earth orbit -- Epilogue: a spacefaring civilization.

ISBN:

1328662233
9781328662231

OCLC:

(OCoLC)994318510

LCCN:

2017061481

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)