Billionaires Racing to Space
January 20, 2020
The year 2020 may mark the beginning of commercial space tourism, with three billionaires and their companies—Jeff Bezos with Blue Origin, Elon Musk with SpaceX, and Richard Branson with Virgin Galactic—providing the literal and figurative push. Recently in Issues, a space analyst reviewing a book about these “space barons” examined what drives them; their unique approaches to realizing their visions; and in particular their desire to transcend government primacy in space travel and development.