Book description
Breaking All The Rules: The Inside Story of the New Race traces the origins of a second Space Race that began at the end of the original 1960's US-Soviet space race and eventually led to SpaceX and the explosive growth in commercial space being seen today. The story covers how this revolution began with a band of misfit engineers and scientists and the inside story of how this was eventually ignited with the money and vision of billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. With the current space economy approaching one trillion dollars per year, this amazing story shows how serendipity, historical change, discontented individuals, entrepreneurial vision and immense wealth combined to change the world as we know it.Breaking All The Rules: The Inside Story Of the New Space Race explores the human motivation for exploration and posits that this instinct lives deep within our collective DNA. It is this urge to explore, to take risks and to find something better around the corner that has driven the modern Space Race and is embodied by many of the individuals that played fundamental roles in the space revolution. In many ways, the modern space race is a revolution that reflects the times in which it was born: during the Cold War. The story covers the origins of US/Soviet space cooperation at the end of the Cold War, its transition through the fall of the Soviet Union and into the US government efforts to stop brain-drain in post Soviet Russia. This episode perversely led to the origins of SpaceX and many of the same personalities that led to this unlikely outcome continued with SpaceX and the booming commercial space industry as a whole.Author Jim Cantrell is the consummate space insider whose 35 years in the space business has given him a front row seat to the inside happenings as the New Space Race played out. Sometimes self described as the "Forrest Gump Of Space", Jim's story is an amazing intersection with historical figures and historical events. From working with the Soviets in east-west space cooperation near the end of the Soviet Union, to joint US/Russian missile defense experiments, to the founding of SpaceX, Jim was there and tells the story in a compelling first person narrative that puts the reader alongside the author as events unfold. This is a story as only an insider can tell it and is a compelling first person narrative of the unique individuals that started the New Space Race and those that fueled it into what it is today. When the first person sets foot on Mars sometime in the not so distant future, you can say that you too "were there in the beginning" having read this fascinating insider account of the events, people and forces that is leading to this massive human milestone.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience