{"product_id":"silicon-sky-paperback","title":"Silicon Sky - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Dorsey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than a decade some of the world's most powerful defense companies have raced to launch the first constellation of low-earth orbit commercial satellites. The prize? An explosive global market for personal communications worth billions of dollars. Fresh out of Harvard Business School, twenty-something David Thompson entered the fray with an insane idea: to build his own rockets, satellites and a multi-million-dollar corporation that could go head-to-head against the big guys. His electrifying grab for the heavens -- huge start-up costs, mind-blowing technical obstacles, and dark tangos with investors -- is told by acclaimed writer Gary Dorsey, who was there reporting from inside. The story of their obsessive gamble in the high-stress game of space commerce is told through the lives of Thompson's managers, markets, and \"freshouts\" -- a brilliant team of young engineers from the country's best universities. Like \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of a New Machine, Silicon Sky\u003c\/i\u003e -- part of the celebrated Sloan Technology Series -- reads like fast-paced fiction, tracing the advent not just of a single company, but of a quickly emerging technological industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Dorsey\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCongregation: The Journey Back to Church\u003c\/i\u003e (Viking, 1995) and \u003ci\u003eThe Fullness of Wings: The Making of a New Daedalus\u003c\/i\u003e (Viking, 1990), which was a National Book Award finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47748517953785,"sku":"9780738203126","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/HE9-WE_pmD9780738203126.webp?v=1775061321","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/silicon-sky-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}