{"product_id":"realizing-tomorrow-the-path-to-private-spaceflight-9780803216105","title":"Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chris Dubbs\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Physics - Astrophysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eU.S.A.F. Chief of Staff 2013 Professional Reading List Selection \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly forty years passed between the Apollo moon landings, the grandest accomplishment of a government-run space program, and the Ansari X PRIZE-winning flights of SpaceShipOne, the greatest achievement of a private space program. Now, as we hover on the threshold of commercial spaceflight, authors Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom look back at how we got to this point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir book traces the lives of the individuals who shared the dream that private individuals and private enterprise belong in space. Realizing Tomorrow provides a behind-the-scenes look at the visionaries, the crackpots, the financial schemes, the legal wrangling, the turf battles, and--underpinning the entire drama--the overwhelming desire of ordinary people to visit outer space. \u003cbr\u003eA compelling story of the pioneers of commercial spaceflight--and their efforts to open the final frontier to everyone--this book traces the path to private spaceflight even as it offers an instructive, entertaining, and cautionary note about its future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45116432122007,"sku":"9780803216105","price":2876.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780803216105.webp?v=1767271677","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/realizing-tomorrow-the-path-to-private-spaceflight-9780803216105","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}