SpaceX: making commercial spaceflight a reality 9781461455141, 1461455146
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Table of contents :
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
About the author......Page 12
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 14
1 Elon Musk: The space industry's Tony Stark......Page 16
2 The engine of competition......Page 31
SPACE ACT AGREEMENTS (SAAs)......Page 32
COMMERCIAL ORBITAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (COTS)......Page 35
COMMERCIAL RFSUPPLY SERVICES (CRS)......Page 37
COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT (CCDev)......Page 38
COMMERCIAL CREW INTEGRATED CAPABILlTY (CCiCap)......Page 44
MERLIN......Page 46
KESTREL......Page 53
MERLIN VARIANTS......Page 54
RAPTOR......Page 58
FUTURE PROPULSION SYSTEMS......Page 59
MERLIN LEGACY......Page 61
4 Rise of the Falcon......Page 63
FALCON 1......Page 64
LAUNCHING A PAYLOAD......Page 66
FALCON 1 DEVELOPMENT......Page 70
FALCON 1'S FOURTH AND FIFTH FLIGHTS......Page 73
THE END OF FALCON 1......Page 74
5 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy: Life after the Space Shuttle......Page 76
FALCON 9......Page 78
FLIGHT #1......Page 80
FLIGHT #2......Page 81
COTS 2/3......Page 84
6 The Dragon has landed: Picking up where NASA left off......Page 96
DRAGON DEVELOPMENT......Page 99
DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS......Page 101
DRAGON C2/3 MISSION......Page 102
DRAGONLAB......Page 115
DRAGONRIDER......Page 116
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT......Page 117
COMMERCIALIZING LEO......Page 119
7 The space taxi race......Page 121
BOEING......Page 125
SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION......Page 133
ATK......Page 139
ORBITAL......Page 143
BLUE ORIGIN......Page 147
WINNING THE SPACE TAXI RACE......Page 149
8 Red Dragon......Page 151
9 The next great adventure: The route to commercializing low Earth orbit......Page 160
GRASSHOPPER......Page 165
COMMERCIALIZING LEO......Page 174
Elon Musk: Presidential commission speech......Page 177
Applying for a launch and re-entry license......Page 182
Appendix III......Page 184
Falcon Heavy overview......Page 186
Latest developments......Page 191
Index......Page 210
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
About the author......Page 12
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 14
1 Elon Musk: The space industry's Tony Stark......Page 16
2 The engine of competition......Page 31
SPACE ACT AGREEMENTS (SAAs)......Page 32
COMMERCIAL ORBITAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES (COTS)......Page 35
COMMERCIAL RFSUPPLY SERVICES (CRS)......Page 37
COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT (CCDev)......Page 38
COMMERCIAL CREW INTEGRATED CAPABILlTY (CCiCap)......Page 44
MERLIN......Page 46
KESTREL......Page 53
MERLIN VARIANTS......Page 54
RAPTOR......Page 58
FUTURE PROPULSION SYSTEMS......Page 59
MERLIN LEGACY......Page 61
4 Rise of the Falcon......Page 63
FALCON 1......Page 64
LAUNCHING A PAYLOAD......Page 66
FALCON 1 DEVELOPMENT......Page 70
FALCON 1'S FOURTH AND FIFTH FLIGHTS......Page 73
THE END OF FALCON 1......Page 74
5 Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy: Life after the Space Shuttle......Page 76
FALCON 9......Page 78
FLIGHT #1......Page 80
FLIGHT #2......Page 81
COTS 2/3......Page 84
6 The Dragon has landed: Picking up where NASA left off......Page 96
DRAGON DEVELOPMENT......Page 99
DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS......Page 101
DRAGON C2/3 MISSION......Page 102
DRAGONLAB......Page 115
DRAGONRIDER......Page 116
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT......Page 117
COMMERCIALIZING LEO......Page 119
7 The space taxi race......Page 121
BOEING......Page 125
SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION......Page 133
ATK......Page 139
ORBITAL......Page 143
BLUE ORIGIN......Page 147
WINNING THE SPACE TAXI RACE......Page 149
8 Red Dragon......Page 151
9 The next great adventure: The route to commercializing low Earth orbit......Page 160
GRASSHOPPER......Page 165
COMMERCIALIZING LEO......Page 174
Elon Musk: Presidential commission speech......Page 177
Applying for a launch and re-entry license......Page 182
Appendix III......Page 184
Falcon Heavy overview......Page 186
Latest developments......Page 191
Index......Page 210
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