出版社: William Morrow
副标题: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
出版年: 2021-3-2
页数: 288
定价: $18.97
装帧: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780062979971
内容简介 · · · · · ·
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 i...
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.
But before it became one of the most powerful players in the aerospace industry, SpaceX was a fledgling start-up, 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.
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.
Filled with never-before-told stories of SpaceX’s turbulent beginning, Liftoff is a saga of cosmic proportions.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
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.
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这是加入了马斯克的那些年轻人的故事
冲向火星:马斯克造火箭,从想法到成功不到8年!他是怎样的神操作?
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马斯克是当今举世瞩目的大人物,他造车,造火箭,造电池,收购推特,认为人类的使命就是传种接代,身为全球首富却没有固定房产住在朋友家中,等一系列神操作,直接震碎人们的三观——他成功的秘诀是: 非常规想法,非常规操作,非常规成果。 当然,他的传记或者歌颂他的文字和... (展开)追梦火星,世界首富怒砸100亿美金自主研发火箭
《冲上火星》:一个互联网新贵跨界航天事业的故事
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SpaceX是为了实现“让人类移民火星,成为跨星球物种”目标而聚在一起的团队,近年来,它和它的创始人埃隆·马斯克得到了社会上很多的关注,无论是可以回收并多次发射使用的“猎鹰”火箭,还是成批发射的成百上千颗“星链”卫星,或者已经实现载人飞行并与空间站对接的“龙”飞... (展开)为自己热爱且坚信的事拼过一次,就是极致的浪漫主义
冲!我们的征程向着星辰大海
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(正式开始前的废话:几年前在微博刷到过猎鹰相关发射视频,当时直呼过牛逼但并未做后续关注,今年有幸接触到本书算是正式了解了马斯克和他的SpaceX,并记下笔记于此分享,有错误请指正)—— 背景介绍:Space X是一家美国太空探索公司,区别于政府单位隶属私人企业,由埃隆·... (展开)【自留】一些有启发的地方
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0 有用 Ryan 2023-10-20 11:08:11 广东
第一本英文书。看了两三个月。 内容主要讲,SpaceX成功之前的四次失败,失败了再来。把钱耗干的时候,成功了!
2 有用 armin 2021-12-09 21:57:37
算是 Elon Musk 授权的 SpaceX 官方传记,作者也是报道航空航天方面的记者。作者采访了很多 SpaceX 的早期员工,详细记录了 SpaceX 发展过程中的几个高光时刻。
3 有用 achievements 2021-06-05 13:17:19
Elon Musk wants us to inhabit Mars. As global warming threatens life on Earth, he thinks we should leave our planet – or prepare to fail as a species. “Save your money kid, and go sit on the beach.” ... Elon Musk wants us to inhabit Mars. As global warming threatens life on Earth, he thinks we should leave our planet – or prepare to fail as a species. “Save your money kid, and go sit on the beach.” (dismiss) (展开)
0 有用 ay 2023-10-05 20:06:56 浙江
可以结合Elon的自传看(早看过了,忘记标注了)
0 有用 頭 2021-08-24 08:13:24
Elon is Tony Stark…
0 有用 Individual 2024-04-26 20:28:23 上海
大量大量大量的细节,极度过瘾
0 有用 Ryan 2023-10-20 11:08:11 广东
第一本英文书。看了两三个月。 内容主要讲,SpaceX成功之前的四次失败,失败了再来。把钱耗干的时候,成功了!
0 有用 ay 2023-10-05 20:06:56 浙江
可以结合Elon的自传看(早看过了,忘记标注了)
0 有用 onjas 2023-09-08 16:06:48 美国
太过流水账。写的还挺清楚,但是我想知道更多的商业逻辑以及技术细节。。。
0 有用 司源 SI Yuan 2022-12-20 16:42:54 北京
马一龙是太空探索公司最闪亮的星,这一点毫无疑问,不过也还有很多亮度也非常高的星星,也就是这本书里的主角们,闪耀着光芒,他们共同组成了人类有史以来最棒的火箭团队,必将在人类探索太空的历史上熠熠生辉!