Bibliograph

Test gods, Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut, Nicholas Schmidle

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Test gods, Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut, Nicholas Schmidle

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-316) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Test gods

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1247947660

Responsibility statement

Nicholas Schmidle

Sub title

Virgin Galactic and the making of a modern astronaut

Summary

"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. Gripping and novelistic, Test Gods leads us, through human drama, into a previously unseen world-and beyond"--, Provided by publisher

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