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Ashlee Vance on the Race "to Put Space Within Reach”

Next to space, where the modern-day fight for the skies could turn science fiction into reality. It’s the tech boom that promises to take over, as private companies compete in the race to commercialize space. It’s all chronicled in Ashlee Vance’s new book "When the Heavens Went on Sale, and he joins Walter Isaacson to explain this new era of exploration.

Ashlee Vance on the Race "to Put Space Within Reach”

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