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The Wright Stuff: The Century of Effort Behind Your Ticket to Space (Apogee Books Space Series) Paperback – September 1, 2010

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Recounted through a well-selected collection of photographs, this discussion relates a succession of advancements and risk taking, chronicling the evolution of space tourism. Traveling back to the almost simultaneous beginnings of aviation and rocketry, this analysis highlights the crucial names in the industry, honoring them with “The Wright Stuff” awards for their contributions. Illustrating how today’s tickets to space have been made possible not just by entrepreneurs and engineers but also by the efforts of artists, regulators, politicians, and some of the earliest aviators, this exploration also touches on today’s rapid expansion phase of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flights. Clearly depicting how a commercial business can emerge in this swiftly growing field, this unique investigation also provides examples of how space tourists are helping to create reusable technologies of benefit to all.

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Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.
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September 1, 2010
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7 x 0.4 x 10 inches
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1926592174
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978-1926592176
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Derek Webber is the Washington, DC, director of Spaceport Associates. He has directed three landmark studies that helped to establish the existence of a space tourism market. He is a former launch vehicle and satellite engineer, a senior member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a fellow of the British Interplanetary Society. He has written many papers and articles, and is a joint author in four books, but this is his first as sole author. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Buzz Aldrin was one of the first two humans to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 landing of 1969. Since retiring from NASA, he has devoted himself to ensuring the continuation of manned space exploration. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.; Illustrated edition (September 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1926592174
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1926592176
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.4 x 10 inches

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Derek Webber was born in the UK in 1945, and moved to the USA in 1993. He considers himself a young American, having become a US citizen in 2000.

Although the author of maybe a hundred technical papers, and a co-author of four books with a space-related theme, "The Wright Stuff" is his first book as sole-author. He is a former satellite engineer, and has spent most of his professional life in the commercial space business (no, that does not mean real-estate)and has had a lot of fun buying and selling satellites and launch vehicles (rockets!). But it is human space flight, and ultimately space tourism, which has become his great passion. And hopefully the book conveys some of that to his readers.

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This well-researched book covers the century-old history of aviation through manned space exploration and flight. The focus is on the "visionary" approach of these pioneers, both those that many of us know in our own lifetimes and those that preceded them.

I recommend this book to anyone who is planning to visit the Smithsonian Air and Space Museums, or who has already been. It is not a tour handbook, rather it is like a primer. Just a word of warning: after you read the book, don't be tempted to ask the tour guides/docents questions they can't answer !

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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2011

As a space professional, I found "The Wright Stuff" both informative and witty. When reading academic textbooks on the subject of space exploration, one often loses sight of the historical and social context in which the achievements have been made. Derek Webber's book bridges the gap by inviting the reader to plan his or her own journey into space in one of several commercial spacecraft currently being developed for the space tourism market. The evolution of aviation and its extension into space travel are described in a breezy yet authoritative manner. The author uses the neat device of handing out imaginary "Wright Stuff" awards to the aviation and space pioneers who have been most instrumental in making space tourism possible. One of them is Buzz Aldrin of moon-landing fame, who has also written the foreword to the book. An altogether fun read.

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