Review 2025.04.010
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Spoilers – No
Delta-V by Daniel Suarez
437 Pages
My first foray into the books of Daniel Suarez was “Daemon” and the follow up book “Freedom”. I recently reread Daemon and it is still an amazing book. So I looked on Amazon and found a few other books by him and added them to my wish list. When Delta-V went on sale, I grabbed it. It took me a bit to actually start reading it because I had a few other fiction books to get through and I also wanted to get the second book in the series so I could read straight through.
This book did not disappoint me. It grabbed me early and kept me engaged the entire time and I could not wait to start the second book (which at this point I have already finished).
The story is about getting humanity into space in a real way and how one billionaire made it happen. And no, it is not a story about Musk or Bezos but it seems they have counterparts in the book. One of the biggest problems we have is getting material into space. The cost is just so high to get things out of our atmosphere. But if we mine the materials we need in space from an asteroid then the cost is significantly less (after all the mining equipment is in space of course).
So when will someone bring a cislunar economy into existence? It would be cool to see in my lifetime but I have no idea if that is possible. I recommend the book.