See You In Orbit?: Our Dream Of Spaceflight,Used
See You In Orbit?: Our Dream Of Spaceflight,Used

See You In Orbit?: Our Dream Of Spaceflight,Used

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Raise your hand if you want to fly in space! For centuries, a journey to space has been a shared dream of millions around the world. We have patiently, and impatiently, anticipated Sunday afternoon drives down celestial freeways. Yet, since 1961 when human space travel began, fewer than 560 professional astronauts, cosmonauts, taikonauts and ahalf dozen millionaires have seen Earth from a vantage point in space. Given so few orbiting travelers, what made so many ordinary people think they had the slightest chance to fulfill their dream? After all, for decades, visionaries, government officials, space companies, and the media told us our ticket to ride was just a rocket away. All we had to do was keep the dream alive. With so much optimism, shouldnt we all be there by now? See You in Orbit? Our Dream of Spaceflight will be the first nonfiction book to take a historical, personal, irreverent, and oftenhumorous look at the promises, expectations, principal personalities, and milestones regarding the goal and dream individuals have to fly in space. The tale begins with the visions of theoretical and practicing aerospace engineers in the 1920s and 30s; reviews space achievements and predictions for public space travel throughout the Space Race beginning in the 1950s and throughout the 60s; features public expectations in response to the advertised capabilities of the space shuttle throughout the 1970s and 80s; recounts the creation of the Space Flight Participant Program and the tragic Challenger accident (including the Teacher in Space and Journalist in Space initiatives); examines the postChallenger reboot regarding citizen flights; and concludes on a note of optimism that the recent advances by NewSpace companies will make the dream of space flight a reality for a larger number of ordinary folks. Previously reported and wellknown historical space events are intertwined throughout the story, but for the first time are recast from a perspective of what was being said about citizen space flights at the same time. The story is told through the language and norms of the times, so certain words or phrases may upset your current sensibilities.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

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