03960cam a2200349 4500 530323854 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062979995 006297999X B088FQK2K2 Amazon B088FQK2K2 Amazon B088FQK2K2 Amazon 9400b3da-c059-4812-b4d8-f18369d18f9e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5456787 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Berger, Eric. Liftoff [Libby] : Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX. William Morrow, 2021. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 27MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Business. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><strong>"This is as important a book on space as has ever been written and it's a riveting page-turner, too." —Homer Hickam, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Rocket Boys<br /></strong></p> <p><strong>The dramatic inside story of the historic flights that launched SpaceX—and Elon Musk—from a shaky startup into the world's leading-edge rocket company</strong></p> <p>SpaceX has enjoyed a miraculous decade. Less than 20 years after its founding, it boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Half a century after the space race it is private companies, led by SpaceX, standing alongside NASA pushing forward into the cosmos, and laying the foundation for our exploration of other worlds.</p> <p>But before it became one of the most powerful players in the aerospace industry, SpaceX was a fledgling startup, scrambling to develop a single workable rocket before the money ran dry. The engineering challenge was immense; numerous other private companies had failed similar attempts. And even if SpaceX succeeded, they would then have to compete for government contracts with titans such as Lockheed Martin and Boeing, who had tens of thousands of employees and tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue. SpaceX had fewer than 200 employees and the relative pittance of $100 million in the bank.</p> <p>In Liftoff, Eric Berger, senior space editor at Ars Technica, takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX. Focusing on the company's first four launches of the Falcon 1 rocket, he charts the bumpy journey from scrappy underdog to aerospace pioneer. We travel from company headquarters in El Segundo, to the isolated Texas ranchland where they performed engine tests, to Kwajalein, the tiny atoll in the Pacific where SpaceX launched the Falcon 1. Berger has reported on SpaceX for more than a decade, enjoying unparalleled journalistic access to the company's inner workings. Liftoff is the culmination of these efforts, drawing upon exclusive interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. The enigmatic Musk, who founded the company with the dream of one day settling Mars, is the fuel that propels the book, with his daring vision for the future of space.</p> <p>Filled with never-before-told stories of SpaceX's turbulent beginning, Liftoff is a saga of cosmic proportions.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9400b3da-c059-4812-b4d8-f18369d18f9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9400b3da-c059-4812-b4d8-f18369d18f9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=9400b3da-c059-4812-b4d8-f18369d18f9e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)