SPACESHIPS, SECOND EDITION: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined

Offers an encyclopedic history of spaceships in real life and pop culture, spanning 18th-century balloons, WWII V-2 ballistic missiles, the space race of the 1950s and 1960s, 20th-century pulp science fiction, the creation of the International Space Station, the XPrize spacecraft competition, spaceships depicted in 21st century media, and orbital tourism. Fully illustrated most in color.