Rocket Billionaires

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race

Tim Fernholz

• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Jahr: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781328663061
• Thema: Technology & Engineering
• Thema: Aeronautic & Astronautic Engineering

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

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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