Someday, there may be plane-like vehicles that take off from a runway and fly high above Earth, bringing people to work
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English Pages xviii, 238 pages) : illustrations (some color Year 2009
Table of contents :
Rocketplanes at the airport --
Why spaceplanes? --
Rocket science: wings added --
Missiles and modules --
Crawling into suborbit: the baby spaceplace --
Going ballistic --
Piggyback to orbit --
Advanced propulsion --
Single stage to orbit: the advanced spaceplace --
Destination moon: the lunar spaceplane --
Strategies for success --
Spaceplanes at the spaceport.