Escaping gravity : my quest to transform NASA and launch a new space age /

Escaping gravity : my quest to transform NASA and launch a new space age / Lori Garver ; foreword by Walter Isaacson.

"Escaping Gravity is former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson...

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Main Author: Garver, Lori, 1961- (Author)
Other Authors: Isaacson, Walter (writer of foreword.)
Other title:Escaping gravity.
My quest to transform NASA and launch a new space age.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Diversion Books, 2022.
Edition:First Diversion Books edition.
Subjects:
Garver, Lori, > 1961-
Garver, Lori B. > (Lori Beth), > 1961-
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > 21st century.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Astronautics and state > United States > History > 21st century.
Astronautics and state.
Outer space > Civilian use.
Outer space > Exploration > Government policy > United States.
Outer space.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Walter Isaacson
  • Timeline of key events in human spaceflight
  • Prologue
  • part 1. Gravity: Game changer ; Star struck ; Modern myths ; Risky business
  • part 2. Force: Looking under the hood ; Heavy lift ; Dark matter ; Rise of the rocketeers
  • part 3. Motion: It's not just rocket science ; Turning wrongs into rights ; Unleashing the dragon ; The value proposition ; Epilogue.

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