XCOR, Developing the Next Generation Spaceplane

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

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Employing the same informational approach Erik Seedhouse used in "SpaceX" and "Bigelow Aerospace", this new book familiarizes space enthusiasts with the company XCOR Aerospace and examines the design of the two-seater Lynx.

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Utgivningsdatum2016-04-06
Mått168 x 240 x 16 mm
Vikt422 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringer Praxis Books
Antal sidor213
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783319261102

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Seedhouse is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, the subject in which he obtained his Ph.D. while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2009, he was one of the final candidates for selection as an astronaut in the CSA’s Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. He is a certified commercial suborbital astronaut who will fly a payload mission in 2015/2016. Between 2008-2013 he was Director of Canada's Manned Centrifuge and Hypobaric Chamber Operations. He is also the Training Director for Astronauts for Hire. He works as manned spaceflight consultant, triathlon coach, author and public speaker.

"This book provides background and discusses the plans of XCOR and the Lynx spaceplane. ... The book also covers secondary objectives, including other missions and payloads being developed for this system. ... This work is recommended for high school or undergraduate educational programs, for general readers interested in the development of the commercial space industry, and for dreamers who see the human race migrating beyond low Earth orbit. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (D. B. Spencer, Choice, Vol. 54 (3), November, 2016)