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Topic: Beyond: Peter Diamandis and the Adventure of Space (Julian Guthrie)
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-08-2014 08:59 AM
   
Journalist Julian Guthrie, who wrote The Billionaire and the Mechanic, the best-selling account of Larry Ellison's unlikely partnership with a car mechanic during his pursuit of the America's Cup, is tackling the XPrize for her next book, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Penguin Press has acquired "Beyond: Peter Diamandis and the Adventure of Space" in a preemptive bid. Publication is expected in fall 2016...."Beyond" will tell Diamandis' story — from space-obsessed kid to space-travel visionary — as well as those of the "misfit band of innovators, hackers, geniuses, billionaires (Paul Allen, Richard Branson, among others), chemists, and aviation legends" who joined him. Guthrie is also positioning it as a story "about taking risks in a risk-averse society, and the education of a great American innovator." To promote the book, a six-figure prize will be given to the individual or team who sells the most copies of "Beyond" (a la the original XPrize). |
Mike_The_First
Member Posts: 436
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 10-22-2014 08:48 PM
For those who don't know much about him, Peter's a fairly interesting figure.I spent some time interviewing him (as well as a few other X Prize key players) for my recent article for Ad Astra magazine ("The Ansari X Prize: A Catalyst for Commercial Spaceflight," Fall 2014). If this book accurately captures him, it'll be an interesting read. | |
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