书目名称 | SpaceX | 副标题 | Making Commercial Sp | 编辑 | Erik Seedhouse | 视频video | | 概述 | 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 h | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This first account of commercial spaceflight’s most successful venture 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 | 出版日期 | Book 20131st edition | 关键词 | Commercial Orbital Transportation Services; Commercial Spaceflight; Commerical Crew Development Progra | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5514-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-1-4614-5514-1 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 |
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