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This "smart analysis of the New Space sector" goes inside the rapid rise and dramatic rivalry of private space companies SpaceX and Blue Origin (
The New York Times Book Review).
For the outsize personalities staking their fortunes on spaceships, the new race to explore space could be a dead end, a lucrative opportunity—or the key to humanity's survival. Rocket Billionaires shines a light on Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as they attempt to make history, reinvent the space economy, and feed their own egos. Beyond these two towering figures, Tim Fernholz introduces a supporting cast of equally fascinating entrepreneurs, from the irrepressible British mogul Richard Branson to the satellite internet visionary Greg Wyler.
Fernholz's fly?on?the?wall reporting captures an industry in the midst of disruption. While NASA seeks to preserve its ambitious space program, traditional aerospace firms like Boeing and Lockheed Martin scramble to adapt to new competitors, lobbyists tussle over public funds, and lawmakers try to prevent this new space race from sparking global conflict. It's a high?stakes marathon that Fernholz recounts with expert analysis and revealing detail.
Featured on NPR and PBS's SciTech Now, and in Fast Company, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal
For the outsize personalities staking their fortunes on spaceships, the new race to explore space could be a dead end, a lucrative opportunity—or the key to humanity's survival. Rocket Billionaires shines a light on Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos as they attempt to make history, reinvent the space economy, and feed their own egos. Beyond these two towering figures, Tim Fernholz introduces a supporting cast of equally fascinating entrepreneurs, from the irrepressible British mogul Richard Branson to the satellite internet visionary Greg Wyler.
Fernholz's fly?on?the?wall reporting captures an industry in the midst of disruption. While NASA seeks to preserve its ambitious space program, traditional aerospace firms like Boeing and Lockheed Martin scramble to adapt to new competitors, lobbyists tussle over public funds, and lawmakers try to prevent this new space race from sparking global conflict. It's a high?stakes marathon that Fernholz recounts with expert analysis and revealing detail.
Featured on NPR and PBS's SciTech Now, and in Fast Company, Forbes, and the Wall Street Journal
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Adams, Douglas, 46
Adams, Mike, 94
Aerojet Rocketdyne, 188, 191–92
aerospace industry
investors, 1, 39, 55–57
methodology of development, 64
problems of, 79–80
Airbus, 210, 234
Albrecht, Mark, 100, 104, 124, 172
Alexander, Bretton, 168, 191, 239–40
Allen, Paul, 2, 6, 26, 93–94, 97, 210
Alsbury, Michael, 213–14
Altan, Bulent, 110
Amazon, 3–5, 236–37
beginning and development of, 18, 27, 55, 71
philosophy of, 204
American Rocket Company, 53
Amos-6, 221–24, 247
Andreessen, Marc, 27
Ansari, Anousheh, 6
Ansari X Prize, 5–7, 53, 93–95, 97
Apollo program, x, 48, 65, 139–40, 150, 240
engineering design, 197
heat shield, 156
moon landing, 240
Rockwell International builders, 19
Arianespace, 24, 82, 171–72, 227–28
purchase of Soyuz rockets, 59
reusable rockets, 250
Armstrong, Neil, 94
Ashcroft, John, 189
Astrobotic, 242, 244
Atlas V, 9, 31–33, 35–36, 59, 165, 176
Russian engine, 182–83, 185–86
Augustine, Norman, 143
Augustine Commission, 144, 147
B
Beal Aerospace, 87–88
Beck Acain, Erin, 209
Behnken, Robert, 163–64, 166
Belfiore, Michael, 89
Bezos, Jeff, 3, 26, 122. See also Blue Origin
business acumen applied to space travel, 70
deliberate approach, 238
entertainment value of space travel, 245
interview on space exploration, 67–68
space seminars, 123
Bigelow, Robert, 115
Binnie, Brian, 96–97
bin Talal, Alwaleed, 2
Bjelde, Brian, 81–82, 86
Blackmore, Lars, 198, 217
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Adventure Capitalism
- 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
- Photos
- 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
- A Spacefaring Civilization
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author
- Connect with HMH