SpaceX Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2013.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Astrophysics.; Mathematics.; Astronautics.; Entrepreneurship.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Emerging Markets/Globalization.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5514-1

2012 - the year when the first ever privately-developed spacecraft visited the International Space Station. This is the story of how one company is transforming commercial space flight. It describes the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have resulted in the world's f...

Table of Contents:

• Elon Musk
• Space Exers
• The Engines  Merlin
• The Rockets: from the Falcon 1 to the Falcon 9
• The Rockets: from the Falcon 9 to the Falcon Heavy
• The Spacecraft  Dragon
• Contracts and Flight Operations
• Ill Put a Man on Mars in 10 Years
• Red Dragon.