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Life in space? This timely book shows the current state and future of the space travel industry -- and how this is becoming our future -- at a crucial juncture in the industry's history.The 21st-century space industry is changing drastically, the most dramatic shift happening in the United States, where private sector companies -- like Elon Musk's SpaceX -- are building a dizzying array of new spacecraft and rockets, not just for government use, but for any paying customer. At the heart of this space revolution are spaceports, the center and literal launching pad of spaceflight. The up-front costs of spaceports are measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the competition is extreme, and failure is unforgivable -- and often fatal.Aerospace journalist Joe Pappalardo has witnessed rocket launches around the world, visiting every working spaceport in the United States.
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JOE PAPPALARDO is the author of the critically acclaimed books and . Pappalardo is a freelance journalist and former associate editor of magazine, a writing contributor to magazine, a contributor to , and a former senior editor and current contributor to . He has appeared on C-Span, CNN, Fox News and television shows on the Science Channel and the History Channel.
