{"product_id":"9780753557761","title":"When The Heavens Went On Sale","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ashlee Vance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBiography: business \u0026amp; industry | Biography: science, technology \u0026amp; medicine | Entrepreneurship | Space science | Astronautics\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e July 2024 by Ebury Publishing (W H Allen) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 528 pages \u003cbr\u003e198mm x 126mm | 500g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e*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 StoreA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAshlee 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our time. Welcome to the new Wild West above the clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41136857972871,"sku":"9780753557761","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780753557761.jpg?v=1711649111","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780753557761","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}