Test gods : Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut / Nicholas Schmidle.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250229755
- ISBN: 1250229758
- Physical Description: xii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary, etc.: | "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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Subject: | Space vehicles > United States > Testing. Virgin Galactic > Employees. Test pilots > United States. Astronauts > United States. Space tourism. |
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- 7 of 7 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at C.H. Booth Library - Newtown.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 387.8092 SCH (Text) | 34014150100908 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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