Test Gods, Schmidle, Nicholas

Автор: Schmidle Nicholas
Название: Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut
ISBN: 1250838940 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250838940
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink
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Автор: Schmidle Nicholas
Название: Test Gods: Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut
ISBN: 1250229758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250229755
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink
Цена: 2758.00 р.
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In the spirit of The Right Stuff, updated for the 21st century, Test Gods is an epic story about extreme bravery and sacrifice, about the thin line between lunacy and genius. Most of all, it is a story about the pursuit of meaning in our lives--and the fulfillment of our dreams.

Working from exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic's campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters--Mark Stucky, Virgin's lead test pilot; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture; Mike Moses, the grounded, unflappable president; Mike Alsbury, the test pilot who lost his life; and others--through personal and professional dramas, in pursuit of their collective goal: to make space tourism a reality.

Along the way, Schmidle weaves his relationship with his father--a former fighter pilot and decorated war hero--into the tragedies and triumphs that Branson's team encounters out in the Mojave Desert as they design, build, and test-fly their private rocket ship. Gripping and novelistic, Test Gods leads us, through human drama, into a previously unseen world--and beyond.

Автор: Schmidle, Nicholas
Название: Test Gods
ISBN: 1786331853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786331854
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Meet the astronauts leading the way to a new world of space travel. `An instant classic.` Scott Kelly, astronaut and author of EnduranceWhen Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, the goal was simple: to offer civilian space travel by the end of the decade.

Автор: Schmidle, Nicholas
Название: Test Gods
ISBN: 1786331861 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786331861
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Guidebook of 40 walks exploring the dales, moors, uplands and coasts of Lancashire, including Morecambe Bay, the Forest of Bowland, Ribble Valley and the West Pennine Moors. With routes for all seasons of the year and for a variety of abilities, these walks are within easy reach of Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Lancaster and Clitheroe.