03312cam a2200541 4500 595562572 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250807816 1250807816 d8e82595-31b6-4e9b-a4d2-c67b0b041f14 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5715442 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Schmidle, Nicholas. Test Gods [Libby Audiobook] : Virgin Galactic and the Making of a Modern Astronaut. Macmillan Audio, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 249MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 249MB. Investigative Journalism. business development. private space travel. scientists biography. new yorker writers. Space Exploration. behind the scenes. Entrepreneurship. Tourism industry. silicon valley. books on tape. entrepreneurs. space program. space flight. audio books. test pilots. audiobooks. Innovation. astronauts. Aviation. HTML:<p><b>This program is read by the author.<br /> In the spirit of <i>The Right Stuff</i>, updated for the 21st century, <i>Test Gods</i> is an epic story about extreme bravery and sacrifice, about the thin line between lunacy and genius. Most of all, it is a story about the pursuit of meaning in our lives—and the fulfillment of our dreams.</b><br /> Working from exclusive inside reporting, <i>New Yorker</i> writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots, engineers, and visionaries behind Virgin Galactic's campaign to build a space tourism company. Schmidle follows a handful of characters—Mark Stucky, Virgin's lead test pilot; Richard Branson, the eccentric billionaire funding the venture; Mike Moses, the grounded, unflappable president; Mike Alsbury, the test pilot killed in a fatal crash; and others—through personal and professional dramas, in pursuit of their collective goal: to make space tourism a reality.<br /> Along the way, Schmidle weaves his relationship with his father—a former fighter pilot and decorated war hero—into the tragedies and triumphs that Branson's team confronts out in the Mojave desert as they design, build, and test-fly their private rocket ship. Gripping and novelistic, <i>Test Gods</i> leads us, through human drama, into a previously unseen world—and beyond.<br /> <b>A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company</b></p>. Biography & Autobiography. Technology. Nonfiction. Science. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d8e82595-31b6-4e9b-a4d2-c67b0b041f14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d8e82595-31b6-4e9b-a4d2-c67b0b041f14&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)