How to Make a Spaceship - A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race Birth of Private Space Flight

When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, he set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. If the government wouldn't send him to space, he would create a private space flight industry himself.

About the author

Julian Guthrie is an award-winning journalist who spent 20 years at the San Francisco Chronicle and has been published by The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and others. Her most recent book is The Billionaire and the Mechanic, a bestselling 2014 account of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s pursuit of the America’s Cup.

Summary

When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, he set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time. If the government wouldn't send him to space, he would create a private space flight industry himself.

Foreword

How a historic race gave birth to private space flight.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Guthrie
• Assisted by: Richard Branson (Foreword)
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780593078280
• ISBN: 978-0-593-07828-0
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies