02943cam a2200613 i 4500 20136552 BJBSDDR 20250805152010.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 171109s2018 nyua rb 001 0ceng 2017053089 9781610398299 (hardcover) 1610398297 (hardcover) 9781610398305 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc n-us--- zo----- TL 789.85 D247s 2018 338.7/6294092273 Davenport, Christian 42655 The space barons : Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos / Christian Davenport. First edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2018. viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index. The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos is a nonfiction book that chronicles the rise of a new era of space exploration driven by billionaire entrepreneurs. Journalist Christian Davenport explores how visionaries like Elon Musk (SpaceX), Jeff Bezos (Blue Origin), Richard Branson (Virgin Galactic), and Paul Allen (Stratolaunch) are investing their personal fortunes to develop private spaceflight technologies, aiming to reduce launch costs, enable space tourism, and eventually colonize other planets. The book highlights their rivalries, motivations, and the impact they're having on NASA and the traditional aerospace industry. Bezos, Jeffrey. Bezos, Jeff (Jeffrey Preston), 1964- 4351 Musk, Elon. Musk, Elon (Elon Reeve), 1971- 799 Blue Origin (Firm) Blue Origen (Empresa) Historia 43987 SpaceX (Firm) SpaceX (Empresa) 10021 Space industrialization United States. Industria aeroespacial Estados Unidos 15268 Industrialists United States Biography. Industriales Estados Unidos Biografías 43985 Aerospace engineers United States Biography. Ingenieros aeroespaciales Estados Unidos Biografías 28589 Aerospace industries United States. Industrias aeroespaciales Estados Unidos 15267 Outer space Civilian use. Espacio exterior Uso civil 43986 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 123841 123841 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-06-11 0 TL 789.85 D247s 2018 00000193325 2025-06-11 00:00:00 1 2025-06-11 BK