Ashlee Vance writes technology and business non-fiction about entrepreneurs, engineering projects and the industries built around ambitious technical goals. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future traces Musk’s early life and the development of companies including PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla, using interviews and reporting to examine both the engineering ambitions and the management culture around them. When the Heavens Went on Sale shifts from one dominant figure to the commercial space industry, following companies and founders trying to reduce launch costs and build new businesses around rockets, satellites and access to orbit. Vance’s writing is narrative and company-focused, explaining technical problems through the people, funding decisions and repeated failures involved in solving them. His work fits technology biography, business history and commercial-space reporting. Elon Musk is the obvious starting point for readers interested in the rise of Tesla and SpaceX, while When the Heavens Went on Sale gives a broader view of private-sector spaceflight beyond a single company. Read more Less
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