SpaceX making commercial spaceflight a reality / [electronic resource] :
- 作者： Seedhouse, Erik.
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- Springer praxis books.
- 出版： New York, NY : Springer New York :Imprint: Praxis
- 叢書名： Springer praxis books
- 主題： Space Exploration Technologies Corporation--History. , Space flight. , Engineering. , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. , Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology. , Entrepreneurship. , Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. , Emerging Markets/Globalization.
- ISBN： 9781461455141 (electronic bk.) 、 9781461455134 (paper)
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CGU
- 資料類型: 電子書
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- 系統號： 005397460 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
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 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.