Privatizing Space - An Illustrated History of The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight

[archipeppe]

I'm pleased and excited to announce my next book, realized with my friend and co-author Davide Sivolella, with the forewords of Felix Schlang of the famous WAI Channel:

Privatizing Space: An Illustrated History of The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight.

In a single volume, you will embark on a thrilling journey of how major and lesser-known launcher and spacecraft manufacturers have devoted their resources to bring forward a vision of profit by rapid innovation offering transportation services from LEO through cis-lunar space and beyond Earth’s sphere of influence.

It will be released by Springer-Praxis the next July.

Privatizing Space

This book shows how COTS changed spaceflight, from costly models to innovation. With illustrations, it charts the move to a spacefaring future.

link.springer.com

 

[Sferrin]

 

[Archibald]

That cover is totally awesome !

 

[Orionblamblam]

I'm pleased and excited to announce my next book, realized with my friend and co-author Davide Sivolella, with the forewords of Felix Schlang of the famous WAI Channel:

Privatizing Space: An Illustrated History of The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight.

Looks cool, but... "The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight" just doesn't ring right. "Quest FOR," perhaps, but "Quest TO" seems a bit odd to me. I guess if you consider "quest" as in "journey," then a "journey to such and such" makes sense...

 

[southwestforests]

"Quest FOR," perhaps, but "Quest TO" seems a bit odd to me

Quest can be employed as either a verb or a noun, and structure of " ... the quest to ..." indicates, at least to me, quest is a noun in that sentence.

And, using quest as a noun eats up so much less space on the cover compared to spelling it out,
https://dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › quest

a long search for something that is difficult to find

 

[publiusr]

Don’t forget the Pizza Hut Proton

 

[archipeppe]

Looks cool, but... "The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight" just doesn't ring right. "Quest FOR," perhaps, but "Quest TO" seems a bit odd to me. I guess if you consider "quest" as in "journey," then a "journey to such and such" makes sense...

The actual title isa Springer-Praxis choice....
The title we originally proposed was "Space Privatization, from Jules Verne to Elon Musk".

 

[Sferrin]

Looks cool, but... "The Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight" just doesn't ring right. "Quest FOR," perhaps, but "Quest TO" seems a bit odd to me. I guess if you consider "quest" as in "journey," then a "journey to such and such" makes sense...

Shouldn't it then be "Trek to. . ."

 

[FighterJock]

Nice, looks like one for a Birthday/Christmas present.

 

[Archibald]

The Gun Club was a private organization but got their Moon shot funded by worlwide governments (from memory : urbi et orbi, like the Pope says).

 

[archipeppe]

The Gun Club was a private organization but got their Moon shot funded by worlwide governments (from memory : urbi et orbi, like the Pope says).

Yes, it is true.
But we liked the Verne's idea that it was private driver motion.

 

[edwest4]

The actual title isa Springer-Praxis choice....
The title we originally proposed was "Space Privatization, from Jules Verne to Elon Musk".

Please don't take this the wrong way, but the new title is far better. As a working book editor, we make such decisions all the time. Too often, authors lack marketing and presentation experience. Think of it this way. Your audience is not just the specialist. Book publishers want maximum sales and even if the secondary buyers make up only 2 to 5% that's still 2 to 5% of additional sales.

I don't know what research materials you used, so I post the following for all reading.

1986 WINTER COMMERCIAL SPACE MAGAZINE - INTERNATIONALIZING SPACE STATION- L 2345 | eBay

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Commercial Space Summer 1985 The Magazine Of Business In Space ID:13969 | eBay

Long-Lost Treasures from Swan's Magazine Mart (1930-2007). One of the Long-Lost Treasures from Swan's Magazine Mart.

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[archipeppe]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but the new title is far better. As a working book editor, we make such decisions all the time. Too often, authors lack marketing and presentation experience. Think of it this way. Your audience is not just the specialist. Book publishers want maximum sales and even if the secondary buyers make up only 2 to 5% that's still 2 to 5% of additional sales.

I don't know what research materials you used, so I post the following for all reading.

1986 WINTER COMMERCIAL SPACE MAGAZINE - INTERNATIONALIZING SPACE STATION- L 2345 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1986 WINTER COMMERCIAL SPACE MAGAZINE - INTERNATIONALIZING SPACE STATION- L 2345 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

www.ebay.com

Commercial Space Summer 1985 The Magazine Of Business In Space ID:13969 | eBay

Long-Lost Treasures from Swan's Magazine Mart (1930-2007). One of the Long-Lost Treasures from Swan's Magazine Mart.

www.ebay.com

Definitely right.
That's why we left Springer-Praxis team doing its job.