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      Ashlee Vance
      When The Heavens Went On Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

      2024 | Nakladatelství The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)

      *An instant New York Times Bestseller*'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 Steve Jobs'Eloquent, expertly reported' Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store_______________A momentous look at the private companies driv…ing the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskIn 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.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 monetise Earth's lower orbit; to connect, analyse and monitor everything on Earth.With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs and top-secret launch locations - from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India - Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear.This is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our time. Welcome to the new Wild West above the clouds. *An instant New York Times Bestseller*'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 Steve Jobs'Eloquent, ex…pertly reported' Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store_______________A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskIn 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.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 monetise Earth's lower orbit; to connect, analyse and monitor everything on Earth.With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs and top-secret launch locations - from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India - Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear.This is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our time. Welcome to the new Wild West above the clouds.

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      Vazba: brožovaná
      Počet stran: 513
      Jazyk:  anglicky
      ISBN10: 0753557762
      ISBN: 9780753557761
      Vydání: 1
      Vystaveno: 24. 2. 2025 0:38
      Číslo položky: 1153065

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      Ashlee Vance

      Ashlee Vance

      Ashlee Vance je americký sloupkař a autor. Je známý biografickou knihou o Elonu Muskovi, která vyšla v roce 2015. Nejdříve byl znám tím, že psal do periodika The Register, pak se přesunu do The New York Times a poté Bloomberg Businessweek. Pokryl firmy jako IBM, HP, Intel a Dell a též píše o různých technologiích např. o robotech, samohybech Segway či programovacím jazyce R. V roce 2007 napsal knihu "Geek Silicon Valley" o historii Silicon Valley. V roce 2015 vydal biografii Elona Muska. Jeho příspěvky se objevují v mediích jako The Economist, Chicago Tribune, CNN.com, The Globe, Mail, the International Herald Tribune, CNET.

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