Overview
- Describes the vision, leadership, and goals for Elon Musk, head of SpaceX
- Details the development of the Falcon 1,9 and the Falcon Heavy rockets and the technology of the Merlin engines
- Examines the hardware and software designed and built by SpaceX
- Introduces current SpaceX projects, including the Grasshopper reusable launch vehicle and the Stratolaunch System
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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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 liaison between the design and manufacturing teams.
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Book Title: SpaceX
Book Subtitle: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality
Authors: Erik Seedhouse
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5514-1
Publisher: Praxis New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5514-1Published: 15 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 206
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science, general, Entrepreneurship, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Emerging Markets/Globalization