Test gods : Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut /

Test gods : Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut / Nicholas Schmidle.

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"Based on exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic's campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters-Mark Stucky, Virgin's lead t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidle, Nicholas (Author)
Other title:Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Virgin Galactic > Employees.
Space vehicles > United States > Testing.
Test pilots > United States.
Astronauts > United States.
Space tourism.
Astronauts.
Employees.
Space vehicles > Testing.
Test pilots.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Blue Zebra
  • Brothers. Born to fly ; Forger ; A beautiful ball ; God is here ; Foggles ; The rebel billionaire ; Hidden tigers ; Evil air ; The party ; Angel's wings ; The gamma turn ; They're gone ; Wreckage ; The red balloon
  • Fathers. A resemblance ; Jousting ; Whale lines ; Blank pages ; Starman ; Jitters ; The walnut ; Gradatim ferociter ; Artifacts ; Full duration
  • Sons. Slipping the surly bonds ; Million-dollar view ; Defining space ; Dagobah ; Fortune cookies ; Thoroughbred ; The space mirror ; Wings
  • Epilogue: Magic.

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