Halfway to Anywhere: Achieving America's Destiny In Space

by G. Harry Stine

The new commercial space age is about to dawn- the possibilities and profits will be sky-high!

Genres: Space

304 pages, Hardcover

First published January 25, 1996

About the author

George Harry Stine attended the University of Colorado in Boulder. Upon his graduation he went to work at White Sands Proving Grounds, first as a civilian scientist and then, from 1955–1957, at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility as head of the Range Operations Division.

Stine and his wife Barbara were friends of author Robert A. Heinlein, who sponsored their wedding, as Harry's parents were dead and Barbara's mother too ill to travel. Several of Heinlein's books are dedicated one or both of them, most particularly Have Space Suit - Will Travel. Stine also wrote science articles for Popular Mechanix.

G. Harry Stine also used these alternative names:

Lee Correy, Harry Stine, George Harry Stine.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting history of the DC-X program, but I would have liked a view more from the engineer's perspective. It was highly political, and its approach to tech was to stop at the layman's level instead of bringing it down to the layman's level. Still, it's a quick read and it gives you a sense of what it was like to be a part of cult history.

[Karl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good analysis of the next step needed for human expansion into space. I took a crack at that windmill myself.