How To Build Your Own Spaceship: The Science Of Personal Space Travel

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Private space flight has long been a science fiction dream. Today it is on the verge of realisation. Major companies such as Virgin and Amazon are investing in a new generation of lightweight, efficient spacecraft. Start-up companies specializing in space tourism and spaceport development are burgeoning. NASA and the American aviation authorities are altering decades-old legislation to make private space entrepreneurship possible. How To Build Your Own Spaceship tells you everything you need to join the new space race either by signing up as a passenger or becoming an investor in this fantastic new arena, where the sky is no longer the limit.

Piers Bizony has written widely about science, film, history and space. His book, The Man Who Ran the Moon tells the story of James E. Webb, the brilliant yet controversial administrator who led NASA as it reached for the moon. Bizony has recently completed Atom, a book about the ideas and personalities that shaped modern quantum theory.

'Bizony's book comes at a thrilling moment and he is a terrifically eager guide through rocket science and future hopes of visiting Mars.' Guardian