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How to Build Your Own Spaceship

BY Fast Company CalendarTue Jul 28, 2009 at 1:00 AM

how to build your own spaceshipWhen Piers Bizony was 10, his father asked him to keep a scrapbook of space travel. Four decades later, the science writer, still hooked, created this DIY manual for rocket jockeys. Though the book's structure is a weak conceit, it does provide a framework for Bizony's fascinating detours into spaceship mechanics and design -- including a frighteningly graphic pit stop to explain onboard lavatories. And his clear explanation and abundant enthusiasm make for an energetic jaunt along space travel's bumpy course from the realm of giant government agen-cies (NASA first sent man to the moon 40 years ago this month) to the cusp of a consumer market (funded by megamillionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson). -- KR

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July 23, 2009 at 2:00pm by Shibi Glen

This article made me laugh. It reminds me when my son drew his fist space shuttle - he drew a very detailed toilet - something apparantly extremely important for him. Anyway - cool manual!
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July 27, 2009 at 10:31pm by Emeri Gent

I have always had a desire to work with real people. I now know what constitutes a "real person", they are absent of a marketing pitch.

One of the great hopes of mankind must be to eventually build a spaceship that will prove Douglas Adams to be prescient, just like Gene Roddenberry turned out to be. Hopefully there is a chapter in this book that tells me how to begin making this Adamsonian dream - real...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/guide/golgafrincham.shtml

e.g., One Way Returns to Golgafrincham

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