xviii, 281 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-269) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Adventure capitalism -- The rocket-industrial complex -- The rocket monopoly -- The Internet guy -- Friday afternoon space club -- The tyranny of the rocket -- Never a straight answer -- A method of reaching extreme altitudes -- Test as we fly -- Change versus more of the same -- Capture the flag -- Space race 2.0 -- Reduce, reuse, recycle -- Pushing the envelope -- Rocket billionaires -- Beyond earth orbit -- Epilogue: a spacefaring civilization.