How to Make a Spaceship

Hugely readable … the story of how the prize was won is astonishing * Mail on Sunday *Reads like a thriller - and reveals many secrets… one of the great entrepreneurial stories of our time * Washington Post *If you admire those who aim really high, How to Make a Spaceship belongs on your bookshelf… a rousing anthem to the urge to explore. * Wall Street Journal *Includes enough death-defying stunts, madcap schemes, wild coincidences, and rousing redemptive moments to fuel a dozen Hollywood blockbusters. * Wired.com *Impressively ambitious… When the history of 21st-century space efforts is written decades or centuries from now, this book will be a valuable contemporary record of what it was like when humanity was trying to break out of its home. * San Francisco Chronicle *This incredible book is The Right Stuff with afterburners. Intrepid designers and innovators risk their reputations. Gutsy test pilots risk their lives. Explorers push new boundaries of what so many once thought was impossible. All brought together by a real gravity-defying force, Peter Diamandis. How to Make a Spaceship is required reading for anyone who cares about space, aviation, and the future of flight. – Captain Mark Kelly, former naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronautThe story of Peter Diamandis is a reminder of the power of passion and persistence. How to Make a Spaceship chronicles the amazing journey of a key figure in the private race to space—a dreamer who, in the face of multiple setbacks and naysayers, simply refused to let go of his dream. – Arianna HuffingtonI don’t know how Julian Guthrie does it. In her last book, she didn’t race in the America’s Cup, yet readers felt they had. And now in How to Make a Spaceship, although she wasn’t strapped into the cockpit of the first civilian spacecraft to rocket into outer space, her vivid writing places readers right there. With the flair of a novelist and the precision of a fine journalist, she takes readers on a journey not just into space but into the hearts and minds of the adventurers who dare go where NASA no longer does. Her tale will quicken your pulse. – Ken Auletta, author of Googled: The End of the World as We Know ItToo few kids and young adults understand the power of science and technology. We need role models demonstrating the power of passion and perseverance to make dreams come true. How to Make a Spaceship is filled with innovators and doers. The story will inspire makers of all ages. – Dean Kamen, inventor, entrepreneur, founder of FIRST RoboticsThis outstanding and compelling book shows the power of one man’s vision, and the ability of small teams to accomplish extraordinary things. How to Make a Spaceship will inspire and guide you to take on your own Moonshot. – Ray Kurzweil, Inventor, Author, Futurist and Chancellor, Singularity University

Julian Guthrie (Author)Julian Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who spent 20 years at the San Francisco Chronicle and has been published by The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and others. Her most recent book is The Billionaire and the Mechanic, a bestselling 2014 account of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s pursuit of the Americas Cup.Sir Richard Branson (Foreword By)Sir Richard Branson is a global entrepreneur, adventurer and founder of the Virgin Group, one of the world’s most recognised and respected brands. He is the international bestselling author of seven books, including the classic Losing My Virginity and the new autobiography Finding My Virginity. He lives on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands, is married to Joan, father to Holly and Sam and proud grand-dude to five grandchildren.

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