When The Heavens Went On Sale

ISBN 13: 9780753557778

Referencia: 74743

Editorial: Kel

AUTOR: VANCE ASHLEE

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A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskIn 2008, Elon Musks SpaceX became the first private company to build a lowcost 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 space. While the space tourism ambitions of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines, these undertheradar companies are striving to monetise Earths lower orbit to connect, analyse and monitor everything on Earth.With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs and topsecret launch locations from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, guntoting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear.

AUTOR: VANCE ASHLEE

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