Burt Rutan's Race to Space : The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations
by Linehan, Dan
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- as new
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- As New
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Minneapolis: Zenith Press, 2011. 1st edition. As New. quarto. dust jacket 160pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., appendix, index, Years ago, Burt Rutan told a reporter for Popular Mechanics, ÒIf we make a courageous decision like the goal and program we kicked off for Apollo in 1961, we will see our children or grandchildren in outposts on other planets.Ó Legendary science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clark would later recall RutanÕs quote in a piece he wrote about SpaceShipOne and comment, ÒFortunately, we need not rely solely on governments for expanding humanityÕs presence beyond the Earth.Ó
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91032
- Title
- Burt Rutan's Race to Space : The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations
- Author
- Linehan, Dan
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Zenith Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- quarto
- Bookseller catalogs
- Space Exploration;
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