About the Book: Rocket Dreams, by award-winning Washington Post writer Christian Davenport, offers a masterfully paced, fly-on-the-wall account of the new, global battle to define humanity’s off-planet future. At stake are billions of dollars and national prestige, fueled by powerful rivalries and alliances—from Musk versus Bezos to China versus the United States. Davenport chronicles the mad scramble behind the scenes at NASA and the Pentagon, onto Blue Origin’s lunar delivery factory floors, and onto SpaceX launch pads, revealing the geopolitical competition sparked by a lunar land rush. Rigorously reported and vividly told, this book explores the critical questions of regulation, the race back to the moon, and whether the science fiction dreams of the last century are about to become our reality.
