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Author Berger, Eric (Science writer), author.

Title Liftoff : Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched SpaceX / Eric Berger.

Publication Info. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
©2021

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  629.409 BER    On Display
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 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  629.4097 BER    Check Shelf
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 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  629.40973 BERGER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Note Includes index.
Contents Prologue -- Early years -- Merlin -- Kwaj -- Flight one -- Selling rockets -- Flight two -- Texas -- Flight three -- Eight weeks -- Flight four -- Always go to eleven -- Epilogue -- Key SpaceX employees from 2002 to 2008 -- Timeline -- Bulent Altan's Turkish goulash.
Summary The Ars Technica senior space editor chronicles the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX, describing how, after three failed attempts, the fourth flight helped transform SpaceX from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company.
Less than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX 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. Berger 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. He draws upon interviews with dozens of former and current engineers, designers, mechanics, and executives, including Elon Musk. -- adapted from jacket
Subject SpaceX (Firm)
Musk, Elon.
Outer space -- Exploration -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Space flight -- History -- 21st century.
Space launch industry -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Space Flight -- history. (DNLM)D013026Q000266
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics.
SCIENCE / Space Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History.
Musk, Elon. (OCoLC)fst01915600
SpaceX (Firm) (OCoLC)fst01917076
Exploration of outer space. (OCoLC)fst01353078
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) (OCoLC)fst00993577
Space flight. (OCoLC)fst01127676
Space launch industry. (OCoLC)fst01127757
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Space flight.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title Lift off
Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched SpaceX
ISBN 9780062979971 (hardcover)
0062979973 (hardcover)
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