From his humble beginnings in apartheid South Africa, he showed himself to be an exceptionally bright child, and overcame brutal bullying to become the world’s most exciting entrepreneur, founding PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla and Solar City. He has emerged as something of a superhero-like figure for today’s generation of children.

Het universum, een ongereguleerde en oneindige wildernis waar alles mogelijk is. Rijke investeerders en start-ups beginnen in te zien dat de ruimte te exploiteren is en het het volgende slagveld kan worden voor de technologische evolutie van de mensheid.

Universum te koop neemt je mee naar het epicentrum van deze nieuwe Space Age, waar ondernemingen als Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs en Rocket Lab de grenzen van de ruimtevaart verleggen. Terwijl het grote publiek geobsedeerd is met het ruimtetoe...

A momentous look at the private companies driving a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskWith the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA or nation states, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them bega...

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. This book deals with his life and work.