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Topic: SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality (Erik Seedhouse)
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-19-2012 05:17 AM
SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality by Erik Seedhouse "SpaceX — The First Ten Years" is an account of commercial spaceflight's most successful venture. It describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed SpaceX at the forefront of the launch industry and made it the most likely candidate for transporting humans to Mars. Since its inception in 2002, SpaceX has sought to change the space launch paradigm by developing a family of launch vehicles that will ultimately reduce the cost and increase the reliability of space access tenfold. Coupled with the newly emerging market for governmental, private, and commercial space transport, this new model will re-ignite humanity's efforts to explore and develop space.Formed in 2002 by Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal and the Zip2 Corporation, SpaceX has already developed two state-of-the-art new launch vehicles, established an impressive launch manifest, and been awarded COTS funding by NASA to demonstrate delivery and return of cargo to the ISS. This book describes how simplicity, low-cost, and reliability can go hand in hand, as promoted in the philosophy of SpaceX. It explains how, by eliminating the traditional layers of internal management and external sub-contractors and keeping the vast majority of manufacturing in house, SpaceX reduces its costs while accelerating decision making and delivery, controls quality, and ensures constant liason between the design and manufacturing teams. - Softcover, 200 p. 5 illus.
- Springer, November 28, 2012
- ISBN 978-1-4614-5513-4
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cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-21-2012 02:23 PM
For European readers, the Amazon UK listing. |
garymilgrom Member Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 07-27-2012 07:10 AM
Mr. Musk and SpaceX have come a long way but I think the title of this book is a bit premature. Maybe that's what it takes to move the product these days. |
johntosullivan Member Posts: 162 From: Cork, Cork, Ireland Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 08-07-2013 09:13 AM
Another great interview with the author on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston. | |
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