Space Industry

Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of the space industry, allowing everyone to understand the role space plays in our lives and how it will continue to transform the world. Over 100 industry experts and leaders share insights, presenting a 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, and benefits.

Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times best sellers including Talking to Strangers and host of the podcast Revisionist History, uses original interviews, archival footage, and his trademark insight to weave together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in Central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard. As listeners hear these stories unfurl, Gladwell examines one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.

A timely exposé of the ludicrous and cruel obsessions of Silicon Valley’s oligarchs. “In an era when billionaire space races and AI hype dominate headlines, More Everything Forever arrives as a much-needed reality check.” —The Atlantic Tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos...

Already a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier. This astounding novel brings to life the dreams and daring of countless men and women—people like Stanley Mott, the engineer...

While trying to stop a cyber-attacker stealing all Space Team's hard-earned money, the cyborg, Mech, unlocks a secret partition in his hard drive, revealing a mysterious set of co-ordinates. The co-ordinates lead the team to Funworld, a planet-sized theme park with a worrying number of artificially intelligent clownbots, and a shocking disregard for Health & Safety.

Younger meets Writers & Lovers in this wise, witty novel about friendship, ambition, and love. In the post-pandemic publishing industry, two rival editors are forced to share a “hot desk” on alternating days of the week. Having never set eyes on each other, Rebecca Blume and Ben Heath begin...

What is going to happen when artificial intelligent self drivers get behind the wheel on and off the road? Get in and find out via the stories of self-driving cars named iVan and iVanna.

When Keith Stoner awoke, he found himself in a world changed almost beyond recognition. Eighteen years before, Stoner had been the American member of a joint US–Soviet mission to capture an alien ship. The Soviets had to pull out, but Stoner persisted, and while on the strange ship, he fell...

Think Electraweave. Think of fabrics of tomorrow! Textile scientist Eliza Bennett attends a textile conference where she plans to present her work, accompanied by her talking cat, Merlin. Their plans are disrupted by a blackout during which Eliza's presentation banner is stolen, leading them to uncover a complex plot involving corporate espionage, a mysterious surveillance network, and a dangerous rival named Croft who seeks to weaponize Eliza's technology for his own gain. Eliza's revolutionary material called Electraweave nullifies static discharge and has potential applications in space....

Since 2003, this sci-fi virtual world has been ruled by player-led governments commanding tens of thousands of real people. The conflict and struggle for power between these diverse governments has led to wars, espionage, and battles fought by thousands of people from nations all over the world. There have been climactic last stands, wars for honor and revenge, and spies who caused more damage than a fleet of warships.

"Really enjoying [Casey Handmer's] "How To Industrialize Mars," which is full of interdisciplinary thinking and clever ideas..." Nat Friedman "[Casey Handmer's] "How To Industrialize Mars" is a stimulating, optimistic, and fun exploration!" Michael Nielsen "I almost never recommend a book until I've finished reading it, but every space settlement geek needs to read "How To Industrialize Mars." Trent Waddington After humans visit Mars, a city will be born. This city's mission: Autonomous self-sufficiency. The challenge: Mars is a deeply lethal, hostile frozen desert vacuum. This book ...

From our offices and homes to schools, hospitals, and restaurants, the indoor spaces where we work, learn, play, eat, and heal have an outsized impact on our performance and well-being. They affect our creativity, focus, and problem-solving ability and can make us sick - jeopardizing our future and dragging down profits in the process. Joseph Allen and John Macomber make a compelling case in this urgently needed book for why every business and home owner should make certain relatively low-cost investments a top priority. 

CORE OF THE BELT Book 3 of 3 — Mining the Void At the heart of the belt lies the truth—and it isn’t safe. As tensions escalate and the real cost of folding space becomes impossible to ignore, the crew is drawn toward the core of the system that controls the belt’s contracts, routes, and technology. What they uncover threatens not only their lives, but the fragile balance holding the mining economy together. With no safe folds left and no clean way out, the final decisions will determine who survives—and what the future of the belt will look like for everyone who works it. Core of ...

Book Two in the Asteroid Wars-continuing the saga of the struggle for the wealth of the Solar System Visionary space industrialist Dan Randolph is dead-but his protégé, pilot Pancho Barnes, now sits on the board of his conglomerate. She has her work cut out for her-for Randolph's rival, Martin...

Set free to build and operate space launch vehicles, the private space industry has pushed the boundaries of space flight beyond what was once science fiction. This period of progress has seen the cost of access to space drop by orders of magnitude. But continuous progress isn’t guaranteed. Without clearly defined property rights to celestial resources and real estate, commercial activity in space is artificially riskier and less rewarding. To encourage and accelerate progress towards a commercially viable space industry, American space policy should develop the legal framework to expand ...

Brought to you by Penguin. From bestselling author and astronaut Tim Peake, the captivating story of humans in space. Only 628 people in human history have left Earth. In Space: The Human Story, astronaut Tim Peake traces the lives of these remarkable men and women who have forged the way, from...

Did the United States build its greatest technological triumph on a foundation of horrific war crimes? In PAPERCLIP’S BLOODY HARVEST: How America Bought the Third Reich’s Brains, investigative historian Laurence Blake reveals the shocking truth behind the US government's most audacious and morally bankrupt cover-up. Following the collapse of Nazi Germany, the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency (JIOA) launched a frantic campaign to capture the intellectual engine of the Third Reich. This led to Operation Paperclip—a highly illegal, systemic moral laundering that bypassed presidential...

Elise looks forward to a fresh start at EASS, a prestigious arts and sciences academy across the country. It’s a chance for a future; a chance to fulfill her dreams. Most importantly, it’s a chance to reconnect with Lily–the love of her life. But things rarely go according to plan, and by the end of her first week at EASS, Elise’s carefully crafted fantasies have been shattered by the cruelty of reality, leaving her with more questions than answers.

From award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor Simon Parkin comes the untold true story of a pivotal courtroom battle to determine who invented the video game—and who would profit most from its billion-dollar future. New York, 1988. A lawsuit between Nintendo and American electronics...

The first novel of the Asteroid Wars about earth's near future from the "leading light of hard Science Fiction and space advocacy"* Once, Dan Randolph was one of the richest men on Earth. Now the planet is spiralling into environmental disaster, with floods and earthquakes destroying the lives...