{"product_id":"realizing-tomorrow-chris-dubbs-9780803216105","title":"Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight","description":"U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff 2013 Professional Reading List Selection \u003cp\u003eNearly forty years passed between the Apollo moon landings, the grandest accomplishment of a government-run space program, and the Ansari X PRIZE-winning flights of SpaceShipOne, the greatest achievement of a private space program. Now, as we hover on the threshold of commercial spaceflight, authors Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom look back at how we got to this point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir book traces the lives of the individuals who shared the dream that private individuals and private enterprise belong in space. Realizing Tomorrow provides a behind-the-scenes look at the visionaries, the crackpots, the financial schemes, the legal wrangling, the turf battles, and--underpinning the entire drama--the overwhelming desire of ordinary people to visit outer space. \u003cbr\u003eA compelling story of the pioneers of commercial spaceflight--and their efforts to open the final frontier to everyone--this book traces the path to private spaceflight even as it offers an instructive, entertaining, and cautionary note about its future. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Dubbs, Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803216106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803216105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.32w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2011 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Dubbs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120241897727,"sku":"9780803216105","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d0cc81ac-7c1f-4dc1-a8c9-23a3c0488c19.jpg?v=1687413266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/realizing-tomorrow-chris-dubbs-9780803216105","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}