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This program is read by the author. In the spirit of The Right Stuff, updated for the 21st century, Test Gods is an epic story about extreme bravery and sacrifice, about the thin line between lunacy and genius. Most of all, it is a story about the pursuit of meaning in our lives—and the...

When Richard Branson founded Virgin Galactic in 2004, his goal was simple: to offer paying customers a trip to space by the end of the decade. Seventeen years, countless delays, and one catastrophic crash later, his space tourism dream may finally be on the verge of becoming a reality. New Yorker journalist Nicholas Schmidle knows that story intimately. He spent nearly four years embedded with Virgin Galactic at its California hangar, meeting the individuals working to make commercial space travel possible.

Fundada pelos jornalistas Harold Ross e Jane Grant em 1925, a New Yorker é uma instituição norte-americana. Desde a sua fundação, a New Yorker se destacou pelo espaço que dava para os novos talentos literários, a sensibilidade fina com que analisava as notícias contemporâneas, e o...