Just a few days after showing off the shiny silver exterior of spacexs new spaceship, elon musk has provided a peek at the inside. Vance uses musks story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age. Space exploration technologies corporation, mostly known as spacex, is a space transportation company based in hawthorne, california. On sunday, elon musk s spacex made history, successfully completing the first commercial rocket launch from the nasa launch pad that also sent astronauts to the moon. In her new book, a women makes a plan, elon musks mother, maye musk, revealed a set of old photos of the tesla ceo from his childhood in south africa and more recent days in north america. Spacex is a multibilliondollar company that designs, manufactures and. In the spirit of steve jobs and moneyball, elon musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of silicon valleys most. Founded in 2002, spacexs mission is to enable humans to become a spacefaring civilization and a multiplanet species by building a selfsustaining city on mars. The book traces elon musk s life from his childhood up to the time he spent at zip2 and paypal, and then onto spacex, tesla, and solarcity. Elon musk ashlee vance hardcover harpercollins publishers. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future by ashlee. In her new book, a women makes a plan, elon musk s mother, maye musk, revealed a set of old photos of the tesla ceo from his childhood in south africa and more recent days in north america.
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How the billionaire ceo of spacex and tesla is shaping our future is an important, exciting and intelligent account of the reallife iron man. In a november 2012 interview with esquire, spacex cofounder jim cantrell mentions elon musks early passion for books pertaining to rocket science. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future by ashlee vance. Elon musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind spacex, tesla, and so. It is the first time in the four billionyear history of earth that its been possible and that window could be open for a long time hopefully. I remember first learning about him when reading a bit about paypals history which turned both him and peter thiel into millionaires when sold to ebay for 1. At age 12 he created a video game and sold it to a. Spacex simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Elon musk shares the science fiction book series that. Aug 15, 2016 elon musk is a truly fascinating character. Elon musk leads space exploration technologies spacex, where he oversees the development and manufacturing of advanced rockets and spacecraft for missions to and beyond earth orbit. Book overview in the spirit of steve jobs and moneyball, elon musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of silicon valley s most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs a reallife tony stark and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of american invention and its new makers. Feb 24, 2020 elon musk the founder, ceo and chief engineerdesigner of spacex, shared his source of inspiration to establish the company. An exceptional account of musks personality and business history.
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Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future is ashlee vances biography of elon musk, published in 2015. Musk is chief executive officer ceo and chief technology officer cto of the. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading elon musk. Like mentioned in the book elon musk and this post, elon considers his mind a programmable supercomputer to which he can download information. Elon musk is the first official biography of the creator of solarcity, spacex and tesla, based on over 30 hours of conversation time between author ashlee vance and musk himself, highlighting his complicated childhood, the way he makes decisions and navigates the world, and how he managed to disrupt multiple industries, all with the goal of saving humanity. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future by ashlee vance at indigo. The company develops rockets that can lift cargo into space, fly it to the international space station iss, and safely return cargo back. We take a look at the incredible feat of engineering elon musk and spacex accomplished launching the falcon heavy rocket as compared to americas infrastructure. Billionaire elon musk credits his success to these 8 books. Elon musk the founder, ceo and chief engineerdesigner of spacex, shared his source of inspiration to establish the company.
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