{"product_id":"silicon-sky-how-one-small-start-up-went-over-the-top-to-beat-the-big-boys-into-satellite-heaven-0738203122","title":"Silicon Sky: How One Small Start-up Went Over the Top to Beat the Big Boys Into Satellite Heaven","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0738203122\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dorsey, Gary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\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 The Soul of a New Machine, Silicon Sky -- 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","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52193979072800,"sku":"NEW0738203122","price":21.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61sTy0C9N2L.jpg?v=1786895977","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/silicon-sky-how-one-small-start-up-went-over-the-top-to-beat-the-big-boys-into-satellite-heaven-0738203122","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}