Bibliograph

The space barons, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos, Christian Davenport

Type

Label

The space barons, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos, Christian Davenport

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-553)

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The space barons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1031407885

Responsibility statement

Christian Davenport

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

Sub title

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos

Summary

The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier. The Space Barons is the story of a group of billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program. Nearly a half-century after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, these Space Barons--most notably Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, along with Richard Branson and Paul Allen--are using Silicon Valley-style innovation to dramatically lower the cost of space travel and send humans even further than NASA has gone. These entrepreneurs have founded some of the biggest brands in the world--Amazon, Microsoft, Virgin, Tesla, PayPal--and upended industry after industry. Now they are pursuing the biggest disruption of all: space. Based on years of reporting and exclusive interviews with all four billionaires, this authoritative account is a dramatic tale of risk and high adventure, the birth of a new Space Age, fueled by some of the world's richest men as they struggle to end government's monopoly on the cosmos. The Space Barons is also a story of rivalry--hard-charging startups warring with established contractors, and the personal clashes of the leaders of this new space movement, particularly Musk and Bezos, as they aim for the moon and Mars and beyond. -- www.amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Impossible -- Improbable -- Inevitable

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