Ashlee Vance is one of the most prominent writers on technology today. After spending several years reporting on Silicon Valley and technology for the New York Times, Vance went to Bloomberg Businessweek, where he has written dozens of cover and feature stories for the magazine on topics ranging from cyber espionage to DNA sequencing and space exploration.
The frenzied race by stargazing entrepreneurs to build a new economy in space is one of the most exciting tales of our time. Ashlee Vance, with his immersive reporting and exuberant writing, has captured the ambition and idealism of the colourful characters who are not only transforming our world but our heavens. It's the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller -- Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of STEVE JOBS A new testament for New Space, and an eloquent, expertly-reported ode to the swaggering geniuses who are opening the final frontier -- Brad Stone, author of THE EVERYTHING STORE and AMAZON UNBOUND Vance has delivered that rare book that educates and entertains while opening the reader up to a brand-new universe of wonderful characters and ideas. It's non-fiction that reads like a novel -- Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN and HAIL MARY Through incisive reporting and colorful prose, Ashlee Vance takes us on a thrilling ride to the outer limits of human achievement -- Sheelah Kolhatkar, bestselling author of BLACK EDGE Praise for Elon Musk * : *