Bibliograph

Rocket billionaires, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the new space race, Tim Fernholz

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Label

Rocket billionaires, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the new space race, Tim Fernholz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-269) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rocket billionaires

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

994318510

Responsibility statement

Tim Fernholz

Sub title

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the new space race

Summary

Follows the major players and corporations who are all competing in the new "space race" to colonize the Moon, send civilians into space, or send humans to Mars

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Space race -- The rocket-industrial complex -- The rocket monopoly -- The Internet guy -- Friday afternoon space club -- The tyranny of the rocket -- Never a straight answer -- A method of reaching extreme altitudes -- Test as we fly -- Change versus more of the same -- Capture the flag -- Space race 2.0 -- Reduce, reuse, recycle -- Pushing the envelope -- Rocket billionaires -- Beyond earth orbit -- Epilogue: a spacefaring civilization

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