{"product_id":"open-space-from-earth-to-eternity-the-global-race-to-explore-and-conquer-the-cosmos-9780593535035","title":"Open Space: From Earth to Eternity--The Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe next space race has arrived--driven by rival nations, billionaire-funded ventures, and breakthrough technologies all vying to alter the balance of power on Earth and beyond. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This isn't science fiction; it's the blueprint for the world we're about to inherit.\" --Ali Velshi, NBC News senior economic and business correspondent and anchor for MS NOW \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2024, the \u003ci\u003eOdysseus \u003c\/i\u003elander touched down near the south pole of the Moon. It was the first lunar landing by Americans in more than half a century--and the first ever by a private company. \u003ci\u003e\"Odie\" \u003c\/i\u003eembodied the ambitions of a new genera­tion of space entrepreneurs, as well as Washington's bid to challenge a rising Beijing. A gateway to interplanetary explo­ration and conquest, the Moon is now also open for busi­ness, and the race to level up technology, secure resources, and build off-world infrastructure has begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst place isn't just a symbolic win, but a strategic path to influence and control. The United States, although turbo­charged by tech elites, risks being outpaced by China, which increasingly aligns commercial enterprise with national secu­rity. Not far behind are Russia, India, Japan, and the Euro­pean Union. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOpen Space, \u003c\/i\u003ejournalist and space industry analyst David Ariosto gives us a front-row seat to the future. With unprecedented access, he recounts the split-second deci­sions in mission control and hold-your-breath moments on the launch pad. He travels from research labs orchestrating our planetary defense to an antimatter factory and the Mars Desert Research Station, where scientists imagine how an off-world colony might survive (it involves a diet of bugs). He probes inside the Chinese space sector itself, meeting with key figures and companies and traveling to a remote military station in South America. In this global odyssey, we meet the visionaries who are dreaming up the future and the engineers and physicists who are making science fiction a reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter millennia of gazing up at the stars, humanity is now forging the tools to travel among them. Propulsive, awe-inspiring, and poignant, \u003ci\u003eOpen Space \u003c\/i\u003echarts this epic journey to the final frontier and looks for our place within it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Ariosto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593535035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAVID ARIOSTO is a seasoned journalist, space industry analyst, and co-host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eSpace Minds\u003c\/i\u003e on \u003ci\u003eSpaceNews\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a columnist at \u003ci\u003eAerospace America, SpaceNews, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNoema Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and a visiting scholar at Arizona State University's Interplanetary Initiative. His debut book, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2018 by St. Martin's Press and was highly acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e. He resides in Arizona with his daughter, Rosie, and their dog, Cali.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"David Ariosto \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47792905355421,"sku":"9780593535035","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_94f7c42d-c1de-47eb-b136-8111f36c584f.jpg?v=1774984537","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/open-space-from-earth-to-eternity-the-global-race-to-explore-and-conquer-the-cosmos-9780593535035","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}