In 2008, small entrepreneurial companies in Silicon Valley began racing to put small satellites into space cheaply and rapidly. And indeed, the number of satellites orbiting the earth has exploded in recent years.
Author Ashlee Vance has had a front row seat to this revolution and tells an out-of-this-world story in her new book “When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space into Reach.”
