Fun book and style, a romp across the space business with some background historic context and ambition. The book is from 2009 but is actually quite dated to 2018, lots is changing...

Lacking in specificity and systematic overview: you wont really learn how to build your own spaceship.

Stories about the futute of space are stimulating but just a bit of an odd add-on. ( )

You'll learn way more more about spaceships by playing Kerbal Space Program than reading this drivel. ( )

Not a DIY guide to building stuff in your garage. Rather how to take part, from entry level, in the coming space adventure. Brief but comprehensive. ( )

An interesting short history of space travel and the ships that have done the traveling is presented in a tongue in cheek format of "instruction" on what steps to take to get into space. This is a nice introduction to space travel which also includes the new space tourism industry as it stood in 2009 (other than the recent successes of the Dragon capsule not a lot seems to have changed since that time).

What the "instruction" format does provide is a second layer of information in the form of opportunities for new progress in space travel. A lot of attention is given in this book to what still needs to be done and how both new companies and individuals can contribute to the space industry by learning from the past. ( )

Explains the state of the privatization of space as of 2009 or so. Very interesting with a few technical details. ( )