Basic Space Innovation: From Hotels in Orbit to Martian Colonies, How the First Trillionaire Will Be Created
About this ebook
This book delves into the rapidly expanding commercial space industry and the increasing investments by nations worldwide to build their space capabilities. The race to establish permanent human presence on Mars is just the beginning.
Discover how space innovation is unlocking unprecedented insights into our planet, revolutionizing communication networks, and pioneering breakthroughs in material science and biomedicine that could reshape technology and combat diseases. The book also examines how access to extraterrestrial resources might address critical shortages in energy and raw materials, offering solutions to some of humanity's most pressing challenges.
About the author
David L. Shrier has published seven books regarding the impact of technology on society, and is a globally recognised expert in technology-driven innovation. He runs one private and one public company while holding an appointment with Imperial College Business School, where he is a Professor of Practice.
David advises public companies, private enterprise and more than 100 governments on creating ecosystems of new ventures in fields such as digital transformation, artificial intelligence, data analytics and financial technology, having developed more than $10 billion of growth initiatives. David personally helped revolutionise how online classes are delivered by top universities like MIT and Oxford, creating the four most profitable online classes in history, and stimulating entrepreneurial action across more than 150 countries empowering over 20,000 innovators.
