The space barons
Traces the historic quest to rekindle the human exploration of space as navigated by billionaire entrepreneurs, sharing insights into how professional rivalry and Silicon Valley innovations are lowering the cost of space travel and exceeding the achievements of NASA.
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- That's a common refrain, but an inaccurate one.
Musk was heavily involved in the engineering efforts at SpaceX. NASA struggled to keep up with his continual and extremely detailed stream of questions regarding engineering choices, with an obsessive and relentless focus on blueprints.
The list of engineering achievements and innovations (often unorthodox) is too long to list in a comment, but I highly recommend the book The Space Barons by Christian Davenport [0]. It's a fantastic read.
- My list of the 95 Entrepreneurs book recommendations:
* The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport
* Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More by David Hieatt
* The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by MichioKaku
* The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
View full list of 95 book recommedations: http://casualwalker.com/95-best-books-to-read-in-2019
- * Machine Platform Crowd: Harnessing the Digital Revolution Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
* Kiss The Ground Josh Tickell
* Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More by David Hieatt
* The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by MichioKaku
* The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
* The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport
* * * 95 Best Books most impacted me in 2019:
- If you are interested in the Space X vs Blue Origin vs ULA, and/or want to learn more about the birth of the private space industry I can recommend a book called: The Space Barons.
It's an interesting read to be sure.
- A related book is "The Space Barons" by Christian Davenport. Along with Musk, it dives into the other private space companies put together by two other uber-wealthy massive egos, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.
Great line: How do you make millions in rockets? Start with a billion.
- * The Space Barons: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos by Christian Davenport
* The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Stephen Brusatte
* Machine Platform Crowd: Harnessing the Digital Revolution Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
* Kiss The Ground Josh Tickell
* The Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth by MichioKaku
* * * My other 95 Books I am going to continue re-read in 2020:
