Index
Arizona, 26–27, 38
Bezos, Jeff, 20, 42
Blue Origin, 20–22, 38, 42
Branson, Richard, 4, 15–17, 19, 41
California, 4, 11, 37
Diamandis, Peter, 13
Falcon, 23
Federal Aviation Administration, 39
Ford, Harrison, 5
Gagarin, Yuri, 8–9
g-forces, 31, 34–35
Hawking, Stephen, 6
International Space Station (ISS), 9–12,
23
Lynx, 24–25, 30–31
Mars, 42–43
Mir Space Station, 9
Mojave Aerospace Ventures, 14–15
Musk, Elon, 23, 43
National Aeronatics and Space
Administraton (NASA), 11, 23, 39
New Mexico, 19, 38
New Shepard, 20–23, 30
Russia, 8, 11–12
Scaled Composites, 14–15, 32
Soviet Union, 8–9.
See also Russia
Soyuz, 12
space hotel, 42
space plane, 41
Spaceport America, 19–20, 38
Spaceport Tucson, 27, 29, 38
SpaceShipOne, 14–16, 32, 37
SpaceShipTwo, 16–17, 19
SpaceX, 23, 43
Texas, 20, 24, 38
Tito, Dennis, 11–12
United Nations, 40
Unity, 4, 6–7, 19–20, 30–32, 38
Virgin Galactic, 4, 16–17, 19, 37–38
Vostok I, 8
White Knight, 14–16, 19, 31
World View Enterprises, 26–27, 29,
35, 38
XCOR Aerospace, 24, 26, 37
X Prize, 13
Yousafzai, Malala, 5
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