Liftoff
elon musk and the desperate early days that launched spacex
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1 March 2021
Summary
Liftoff: The Birth of SpaceX
The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX–and Elon Musk–from a shaky startup into the world’s leading edge rocket company. In 2006, SpaceX–a brand-new venture with fewer than 200 employees–rolled its first, single-engine rocket onto a launch pad at Kwajalein Atoll. After a groundbreaking launch from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the Falcon 1 rocket designed by Elon Musk’s engineers rose in the air for approximat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781799948896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1799948897 |
| Author: | Eric Berger, Rob Shapiro |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins |
| Format: | CD |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 170mm x 155mm x 30mm |
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“This is as important a book on space as has ever been written and it’s a riveting page-turner, too!”
“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”About The Author
Eric Berger
Eric Berger is a reporter and editor based in Houston. After a long career in the Houston Chronicle, he joined Ars Technica in 2015 as the site’s senior space editor, covering SpaceX, NASA, and everything beyond. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Hurricane Ike in the Houston Chronicle in 2008.
Rob Shapiro is a musician, writer, voice actor, and Earphones Award-winning narrator. He performed several seasons of radio comedy on Minneapolis Public Radio and voiced the titular lion in Leo the Lion. He is a musician and composer with his critically acclaimed band Populuxe. He is also a business consultant and software system designer.
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