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Author:

Davenport, Christian, author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

PublicAffairs,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

viii, 308 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Bezos, Jeffrey.
Musk, Elon.
Blue Origen (Firm)
SpaceX (Firm)
Space industrialization--United States.
Industrialists--United States--Biography.
Aerospace engineers--United States--Biography.
Aerospace industries--United States.
Outer space--Civilian use.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Jeffrey Bezos -- Elon Musk.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1610398297
9781610398299

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1003305591

LCCN:

2017053089

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