James Ball

Life on Earth is too tame for eccentric American billionaires

Jeff Bezos has his own space company — and Elon Musk’s plans to colonise Mars are described in heroic terms by Eric Berger

Elon Musk in Berlin in 2020. Credit: Getty Images
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