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SpaceX's Dragon : America's next generation spacecraft /

"...Describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed this revolutionary spacecraft at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the precursor for ultimately transporting humans to Mars. It describes the design and development of Dragon, pro...

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Main Authors: Seedhouse, Erik
Published: Springer ; Published in association with Praxis Publishing,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland : Chichester, UK :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Subjects:
SpaceX Firm
Reusable space vehicles
Interplanetary voyages
Space colonies
Mars Planet
Summary: "...Describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed this revolutionary spacecraft at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the precursor for ultimately transporting humans to Mars. It describes the design and development of Dragon, provides mission highlights of the first six Commercial Resupply Missions, and explains how Musk hopes to eventually colonize Mars." -- back cover.
Carrier Form: xvii, 188 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783319215143 (paperback) :
3319215140 (paperback)
Index Number: TL795
CLC: V423.5
Call Number: V423.5/S451
Contents: SpaceX -- Commercial crew programs -- Dragon design, development, and test -- Dragon at the International Space Station -- Dragon delivers -- NASA's crewed development program -- DragonLab -- Preparing for crew : Dragon V2 -- Red Dragons, Ice Dragons, and the Mars Colonial Transporter.

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