When The Heavens Went On Sale
The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
$22.50
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
8 October 2024
Summary
A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk
In 2008, Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was the epicentre of the new Space Age.
Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies - Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs and Rocket Lab - as they race to control access to outer spac…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753557761 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753557762 |
| Author: | Ashlee Vance |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | W H Allen |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 126mm x 34mm |
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An exuberant ride, happily hopping around the Pacific Rim from Kwajalein Atoll to California, from New Zealand to Kodiak Island, reveling in the do-it-yourself ethos of the new space business * New York Times Book Review *The frenzied race by stargazing entrepreneurs to build a new economy in space is one of the most exciting tales of our time. Ashlee Vance, with his immersive reporting and exuberant writing, has captured the ambition and idealism of the colourful characters who are not only transforming our world but our heavens. It’s the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller – Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of STEVE JOBSA new testament for New Space, and an eloquent, expertly-reported ode to the swaggering geniuses who are opening the final frontier – Brad Stone, author of THE EVERYTHING STORE and AMAZON UNBOUNDIlluminating… For an insight into the people and culture driving the new space age, Mr Vance’s book is the place to start. After the wonder of the Moon landings, space somehow contrived to become boring. These days it is exciting again * Economist *Exuberant * Washington Post *
About The Author
Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for the New York Times, Vance went to Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and space exploration.
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