The
space barons
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the quest to colonize the cosmos
Davenport, Christian
creator
text
bibliography
biography
nyu
2018
First edition.
monographic
eng
viii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Christian Davenport.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.
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Bezos, Jeffrey
Bezos, Jeff (Jeffrey Preston)
1964-
Musk, Elon
Musk, Elon (Elon Reeve)
1971-
Blue Origin (Firm)
Blue Origen (Empresa)
Historia
SpaceX (Firm)
SpaceX (Empresa)
Space industrialization
United States
Industria aeroespacial
Estados Unidos
Industrialists
United States
Biography
Industriales
Estados Unidos
Biografías
Aerospace engineers
United States
Biography
Ingenieros aeroespaciales
Estados Unidos
Biografías
Aerospace industries
United States
Industrias aeroespaciales
Estados Unidos
Outer space
Civilian use
Espacio exterior
Uso civil
TL 789.85 D247s 2018
338.7/6294092273
9781610398299 (hardcover)
1610398297 (hardcover)
2017053089
DLC
171109
20250805152010.0
20136552
eng