Bok Pocket
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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 space. While the space tourism ambitions of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines, these under-the-radar companies are striving to monetise Earth's lower orbit; to connect, analyse and monitor everything on Earth. With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs and top-secret launch locations - from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India - Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear.
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Författare: | Ashlee Vance |
Titel: | When The Heavens Went On Sale |
Typ: | Bok |
Kategori: | Böcker/Memoarer & Biografier |
Artikelnummer: | 797334 |
Lagerstatus: | Ej släppt ännu |
EAN: | 9780753557761 |
ISBN: | 0753557761 |
Språk: | Engelska |
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Omfång: | 320 sidor |
Titel: | When The Heavens Went On Sale |
Förlag: | Random House UK |