Space Race 2.0 av Brad Bergan

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<B><I>Space Race 2.0 </I>is the only authoritative photographic history of the efforts of private companies—often alongside NASA—to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of the final frontier.</B><BR/><BR/> The private space sector is growing tremendously. The industry’s consensus leader, <B>SpaceX</B>, headed by outspoken billionaire <B>Elon Musk</B>, is today worth an estimated $74 billion. And SpaceX and its chief competitors, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, are taking on more roles—flying cargo, supplies, and astronauts to outer space. <I>Space Race 2.0</I> tells their story with <B>expertly written text by science journalist Brad Bergan </B>and <B>stunning photography of the spacecraft</B>, <B>key players</B>, <B>and facilities </B>in California, Texas, and Florida.<BR/><BR/> In the 1950s and ’60s, the first Space Race pitted two political ideologies against one another: either Communism or Capitalism would prove superior. Ul