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The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Paul Allen — they’re the billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program.

Join Peabody award-winning journalist Christian Davenport, author of the new book The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos, and hear how they’re on a mission to use Silicon Valley-style innovation to dramatically lower the cost of space travel and build a transportation network to the stars. These entrepreneurs have upended industry after industry and are now pursuing the biggest disruption of all — space — in an effort to make it accessible to the masses. It’s a challenge unlike anything they previously attempted, a grand adventure filled with risk, failure, and, ultimately, some triumphant breakthroughs. It is also a classic story of rivals — hard-charging startups warring with established contractors and the personal clashes of the leaders of this new space movement, particularly Musk and Bezos, as they aim for the moon and Mars and beyond.











When: Wed., May. 23, 2018 at 12:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $29
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Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, Paul Allen — they’re the billionaire entrepreneurs who are pouring their fortunes into the epic resurrection of the American space program.

Join Peabody award-winning journalist Christian Davenport, author of the new book The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos, and hear how they’re on a mission to use Silicon Valley-style innovation to dramatically lower the cost of space travel and build a transportation network to the stars. These entrepreneurs have upended industry after industry and are now pursuing the biggest disruption of all — space — in an effort to make it accessible to the masses. It’s a challenge unlike anything they previously attempted, a grand adventure filled with risk, failure, and, ultimately, some triumphant breakthroughs. It is also a classic story of rivals — hard-charging startups warring with established contractors and the personal clashes of the leaders of this new space movement, particularly Musk and Bezos, as they aim for the moon and Mars and beyond.

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