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Escaping Gravity : My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age by Lori Garver (2022, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDiversion Publishing Corp.

ISBN-101635767709

ISBN-139781635767704

eBay Product ID (ePID)5050418997

Product Key Features

Book TitleEscaping Gravity : My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicSpace Science, General, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Science & Technology

GenreTechnology & Engineering, Science, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorLori Garver

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal629.40973

SynopsisFormer NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver recounts how she took on the greed and corrupt politics of the US space program, inciting the expansion of space exploration into the private sector and paving the way for "space pirates" like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk, How Lori Garver's Battle Against the Greed and Corruption of the US Space Program Revolutionised NASA and Ushered in the New Space Age Escaping Gravity is former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver's firsthand account of how a handful of revolutionaries overcame the political patronage and bureaucracy that threatened the space agency. The success of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, and countless other commercial space efforts were preceded by decades of work by a group of people Garver calls 'space pirates.' Their quest to transform NASA put Garver in the crosshairs of Congress, the aerospace industry, and hero-astronauts trying to protect their own profits and mythology within a system that had held power since the 1950s. As the head of the NASA transition team for President-elect Barack Obama and second-in-command of the agency, Garver drove policies and funding that enabled commercial competition just as the capabilities and resources of the private sector began to mature. She was determined to deliver more valuable programs, which required breaking the self-interested space-industrial cycle that, like the military, preferred to spend billions of taxpayer dollars on programs aimed to sustain jobs and contracts in key congressional districts. The result: more efficiency and greater progress. Including insider NASA conversations and insights on how the US space industry has been transformed to become the envy of the world and is ushering in a new space age, Escaping Gravity offers a blueprint for how to drive productive and meaningful change. 'Former NASA official Lori Garver offers a front-row seat to the decades-long struggles within and among space bureaucrats and space billionaires. Bring popcorn, as you bear witness to an untold slice of space history.' -- Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist and author of Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver recounts how she took on the greed and corrupt politics of the US space program, inciting the expansion of space exploration into the private sector and paving the way for "space pirates" like Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk. When she rose to second-in-command at NASA, Lori Garver was determined to do more than just break a glass ceiling. She set out to break the self-interested system of government-controlled space exploration run by Congress, the aerospace industry, entrenched bureaucrats, and hero-astronauts trying to protect their own profits and mythology. In Space Pirates , Garver recounts her fight for change from inside the space agency and how it put her in the crosshairs of established interests who viewed her as a threat to the trillion-dollar government contracting system that has centralized power in the United States since World War II. Garver's hard-won victories paved the way for a new era of transcendental change at NASA in collaboration with her "space pirates"-- Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson. Working to unleash the potential of these visionaries, Garver pried spaceflight from the tight grip and the aerospace/military industrial complex and helped create a more peaceful, inclusive, and meaningful space age. Including previously unpublished conversations and insights on the epic battles that have transitioned space access to private interests for a fraction of the cost of previous NASA programs, Space Pirates offers a blueprint for how to drive productive and meaningful government change.

LC Classification NumberTL789.8.U5