Heaven from the hammer. In the pursuit of the near cosmos. Vance E.

The American journalist Ashley Wance, the author of the famous biography, Ilon Mask, devotes his book to a fascinating topic - the beginning of the development of neighboring space by private American companies. SpaceX has proved to the whole world: space programs are no longer a prerogative of powerful governments spending billions of dollars on the launch of one rocket. Extraordinary engineers, lamers, cosmic hippies and eccentric businessmen are now standing at the helm.

Ashley Wence collected materials for five years and personally talked with the founders of four companies-Planet Labs, Rocket Lab, Astra and Firefly Aerospace ,-who, along with Ilon Mask, implement the plots of science fiction films in life. The commune of engineers in the silicon valley, the cosmodrome in New Zealand next to the local tribes and launches of missiles from the expanses of cold Alaska - the author is more likely to tell about all this in its usual provocative and honest manner. It shows how much the aerospace industry affects modern civilization, and also allows you to see the inner world of amazing people who open up new prospects for our planet.