one of the great entrepreneurial stories of our time" (Washington Post)From the age of eight, when he watched Apollo 11 land on the Moon, Peter Diamandis's singular goal was to get to space. When he realized NASA was winding down manned space flight, he set out on one of the great entrepreneurial adventure stories of our time.
Featuring a foreword by Richard Branson and an afterword by Stephen Hawking, it explores how a historic race led to private space flight and how this began the foundations for a new industry.