When The Heavens Went On Sale av Ashlee Vance

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<p><b>*An instant <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller*<br><br>''One of the most exciting tales of our time... It''s the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller'' Walter Isaacson, author of <i>Steve Jobs</i><br><br>''Eloquent, expertly reported'' Brad Stone, author of <i>The Everything Store</i><br>_______________<br><br>A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling </b><b>author of <i>Elon Musk</i></b><br><br>In 2008, Elon Musk''s SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was the epicentre of the new Space Age.<br><br>Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies - Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs and Rocket Lab - as they race to control access to outer space. While the space tourism ambitions of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines, these under-the-radar companies are striving to mo