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

Schmidle, Nicholas, (author.).

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ISBN: 9781250229755
ISBN: 1250229758
Physical Description: xii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

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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 test pilot ; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture ; Mike Moses, the grounded, unflappable president ; Mike Alsbury, the test pilot who lost his life ; and others-through personal and professional dramas, in pursuit of their collective goal : to make space tourism a reality. Along the way, Schmidle weaves his relationship with his father-a former fighter pilot and decorated war hero-into the tragedies and triumphs that Branson's team encounters out in the Mojave Desert as they design, build, and test-fly their private rocketship"--Provided by publisher.

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Space vehicles > United States > Testing.
Virgin Galactic > Employees.
Test pilots > United States.
Astronauts > United States.
Space tourism.

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