From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an ';insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating' (Daily Express) book on today's space raceincluding the increasingly tense power struggle between the US, China, and Russia and what it means for all of us here on Earth.
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fictionit's reality.
Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no coincidence that Russia, China, and the USA are leading the way. The next fifty years will change the face of global politics and the world order as we know it.
In this must-read work, bestselling author Tim Marshall n
