Ashford, David,  1939- <br/><br/>
Spaceflight revolution / 
David Ashford. 
 - London :  River Edge, NJ :  Imperial College Press ;  Distributed by World Scientific,  c2002. 
 - xx, 182 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1. Past, present, predicted future. Spaceplane history -- Recent developments -- Way ahead -- pt. 2. Spaceplane potential. Spaceplane low-cost potential -- Orbital infrastructure -- The spaceplane spage age -- pt. 3. Timescale. Technical feasibility -- Safety -- Maturity -- Market -- Development cost -- Design logic -- Breaking the mould -- Benefits -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Comparison between Sänger and Boeing 747 -- Appendix 2. Propellant mass fraction estimates. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1860943209 186094325X (pbk.) 9781860943201 9781860943256 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004351155 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-77405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Space flight.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Print books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL790  / .A83 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.41