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Rocket Billionaires by Tim Fernholz — WisdomDeck honest review

Honest review · Entrepreneurship

Rocket Billionaires

by Tim Fernholz

Musk, Bezos and the new space race: SpaceX versus Blue Origin versus the old guard, and NASA's bet on commercial crew. Policy and personalities.

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you want the competitive landscape of new space.

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you want SpaceX alone; see Berger.

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Three things you will actually use

Competition drove cost down.
Government as customer.
Billionaires need NASA.

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Read the chapters on commercial crew.

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The new space race.

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