The space barons
Subtitle: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos
By: Christian Davenport
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781610398299
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Aerospace engineers; Civilian use; Aerospace industries; Blue Origin (Firm); Space industrialization; Industrialists; SpaceX (Firm); Biography
Description: Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.
Table of contents: title: Impossible; title: Improbable; title: Inevitable.