SpaceX

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Launch company that made reusable rockets routine; its literature is dominated by close-access engineering narratives.

9 books · 1 people behind it

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  1. LiftoffEric Berger, 2021
  2. ReentryEric Berger, 2024
  3. The Space BaronsChristian Davenport, 2018

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Walter Isaacson1 book here

Books 9

Liftoff
T1 Liftoff
Eric Berger · 2021 · The Falcon 1 years and the four launches that nearly ended the company.
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Elon Musk
T1 Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson · 2023 · Authorised biography with substantial Starship and Starlink material.
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Andrew WilkinsonTerrance McArthur
Elon Musk
T2 Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance · 2015 · Contains the fullest early narrative of SpaceX's founding.
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Mohnish PabraiAnthony PomplianoAnu HariharanAusten AllredBrett AdcockDavid CancelMichael BatkoMr. BeastMr. Money MustacheNiki ScevakSophie BakalarThe Rational Walk
When the Heavens Went on Sale
T2 When the Heavens Went on Sale
Ashlee Vance · 2023 · The small-launch competitors created in SpaceX's wake.
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Reentry
T2 Reentry
Eric Berger · 2024 · Sequel covering Falcon 9, reuse and Dragon crew flights.
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Rocket Billionaires
T3 Rocket Billionaires
Tim Fernholz · 2018 · The commercial-space policy fight that let SpaceX in.
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The Space Barons
T3 The Space Barons
Christian Davenport · 2018 · SpaceX against Blue Origin and the legacy contractors.
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Escaping Gravity
T3 Escaping Gravity
Lori Garver · 2022 · NASA insider on the policy fight that funded commercial crew.
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SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Real
T4 SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality
Erik Seedhouse · 2013 · Technical survey of the early vehicles and contracts.
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