{"product_id":"the-crowded-skies-richard-murch-9798189592324","title":"The Crowded Skies: Overcrowded by Satellites Orbiting Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor most of the space age, the sky above us was almost empty. In 1990 a few hundred working satellites circled the Earth. By the end of 2019 the number had reached about two thousand, and that felt like a lot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen, in the space of roughly six years, everything changed. Today more than sixteen thousand active satellites orbit the planet, and new ones are arriving faster than at any point in history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is an attempt to make sense of that change while it is still happening. It is not a history of rocketry, nor a technical manual. It is a field guide to the machines overhead: how many there are, what they do, where they fly, who owns them, and where the whole enterprise is heading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe aim is to give a clear and honest picture of a sky that has become, in a very short time, one of the most crowded and contested environments humanity has ever built.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Murch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189592324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d","brand":"Richard Murch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666023354623,"sku":"9798189592324","price":24.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crowded-skies-richard-murch-9798189592324","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}