This book explains the hurdles Virgin Galactic had and still has to overcome en route to developing suborbital space travel as a profitable economic entity, and describes the missions that will be flown on board SpaceShipTwo Mk II, including high-altitude science studies, astronomy, life sciences, and microgravity physics.
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Author(s): Erik Seedhouse
Illustration(s): 76 Illustrations, color; 9 Illustrations, black and white; XIX, 203 p. 85 illus., 76 illus. in color.