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Informationen zum Autor Patrick J. G. Stiennon is an experienced aerospace engineer and patent attorney at Stiennon & Stiennon! Madison! Wisconsin. He is a Senior Member of AIAA Klappentext This richly illustrated book is a fictionalized account of the challenges faced by a group of seven investors and their engineering team in developing a low-cost! reusable! Earth-to-orbit launch vehicle. The marketing! regulatory! and technical problems are explored! making it an excellent and readable introduction to the technical aspects and challenges facing todays designers! entrepreneurs! regulators! legislators! and investors. The business model presented includes numerous timely scenarios and ideas. Zusammenfassung An account of the challenges faced by a group of investors and their engineering team in developing a low-cost, reusable, Earth-to-orbit launch vehicle. The marketing, regulatory and technical problems are explored, making it an introduction to the technical challenges facing designers, entrepreneurs, regulators, legislators, and investors. Inhaltsverzeichnis Seven Billionaires and One Big Problem Big Telescopes! Hot Rodders! and Librarians Gateses! Jobses! and the Laureates' Lemma Build Big! Build Many! or Use it Again Small Market! Small Payload! but not a toy Myths! Mistrust! and Trust The Pitch The Business Plan Mazes! Stop Cords! and Skunk Workers Fuel Tanks! Heat Shields! and Fire Walls Balloon Tanks! Fracture Mechanics! and Friction Stir Welding Enthusiasm Bubbles! Ejections! and Expander Cycles Gasoline! Alcohol! Kerosene! or Liquid Methane Design Reviews! Prototypes! and Parawings Guidance! Navigation! and Control Webb Suit! Hard Suit! Space Suit Markets! Philosophy! Techniques! and Approaches Rockets! Jets! and Soft Landings Pilots! Payloads! and Passengers Mooncars! Monks! and Monasteries Aliens! Cheetahs! and Archea Halfway to Everywhere First Stage! First Flight Stop the Production Line! Earth Below Us Money! Manufacturing! and Marketing Always Room for Improvement Epilogue I: Space is Finally a Place Epilogue II: Mars for the Many ...
