How to Build Your Own Spaceship: The Science of Personal Space Travel

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Private space flight has long been a science fiction dream. Today it is on the verge of realization. Major companies such as Virgin and Amazon are investing in a new generation of lightweight, efficient spacecraft. Start-up companies specializing in space tourism and spaceport development are burgeoning. NASA and the American aviation authorities are altering decades-old legislation to make private space entrepreneurship possible. How To Build Your Own Spaceship tells you everything you need to join the new space race - either by signing up as a passenger or becoming an investor in this fantastic new arena, where the sky is no longer the limit.

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"[Bizony] writes with the easy tone you'd want to hear from your space pilot... Strap yourselves down, and boldly go on a joyride out of this world."
-"The Times" (UK)
a[Bizony] writes with the easy tone youad want to hear from your space pilota] Strap yourselves down, and boldly go on a joyride out of this world.a
a"The Times" (UK)