Spacex became the worlds largest private producer of rocket engines and musk s vision in developing the company was heavily influenced by isaac asimovs foundation series. Elon musk, the rocket man with a sweet ride science. If there was a way that i could not eat so i could work more, i would not eat, he said in the 2015 book, elon musk. Elon musk shows off starship prototypes rocket engine. 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. Musk s unconventional approach to food raised eyebrows in the past. Elon musks 12 books to read for business and personal success fantasies, biographies and rocket science. Spacex ceo elon musk europes rocket has no chance duration. Elon musk latest news, breaking stories and comment. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future paperback january 24, 2017. This book is about rockets, but maybe its about something bigger, too. Said son happens to be the visionary billionaire entrepreneur elon musk chief executive of tesla and spacex. Spacex ceo elon musk unveils the falcon heavy rocket at the national press club in washington,dc on april 5, 2011.
Elon musk tweeted this image of spacexs new starship rocket. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future learn more see all books. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Elon musk founded spacex, a company that makes rockets and spacecraft. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future by ashlee vance.
Below, he explains the twopart learning process that musk used to teach himself rocket science. Maye musk, mom of elon musk, discusses family struggles in. There is a good book on rocket stuff called ignition. But few know that musk s name, as the man to lead the first mission to mars, seems to have been eerily predicted by the famous german rocket engineer and former head of nasa. 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. My 5 and 3 year old loved this book and had fun shouting out rocket. The incident took place in 2001 when musk travelled to moscow. Elon musk is arguably one of the greatest inventors on the planet. Elon musks 12 books to read for business and personal success. Elon musk reveals why tesla will never build an electric motorbike. Elon musk has taken gordon gekkos greed is good mantra to a whole new level with his free america now tweet clearly ignoring the fact that the usa is currently suffering from a third of all coronavirus cases in the world. I helped elon start the company and all of these answers are spot on. While they traveled around, elon musk borrowed jim cantrells books on rocket technology. How elon musk learned rocket science for spacex business.
Elon musk shows off spacexs massive starship test rocket. Elon musk cold called rocket scientists before he founded spacex. Elon musk comes clean as the bond villain that he is rt. Musk is a bookworm and, according to rolling stone, he read the foundation. The tesla motors and spacex founder, paypal cofounder, internet tycoon shares a list of best science fiction books that inspire him. Spacex chief executive elon musk envisions a time in the near future when longdistance travelers on earth can hop on a rocket to go across the globe in less than an hour. He is the smartest guy ive ever met, period, cantrell tells us. He still has my book on rocket propulsion what i found from working with elon is that he starts by defining a goal and he puts a lot of effort into understanding what that. This book is about rockets hardcover november 7, 2017. Elon musk spotlights the technology and vision of elon musk, the.
He showed cantrell the spreadsheet hed been working on. Its often confused with his later nonfiction work, the mars project, in which he laid out initial plans for a manned mission to mars using 10 spacecraft with a space station as a staging point. Zlata rodionova the man on a mission to restore eyesight for all by 2035. Best science fiction books and biographies according to. The books were rocket propulsion elements, aerothermodynamics of gas turbine and rocket propulsion, fundamentals of astrodynamics. Elon musk, the rocket man with a sweet ride the winner of the smithsonian ingenuity award for technology hopes to launch a revolution with his spaceship and electric car elon musk is a man of all.
Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future. Elon musk could figure out how to build a rocket from reading books, but loss the place he had to make in his life for its invisible enormity baffled him. What are the books that elon musk used to selfstudy. Elon musk recommends science fiction book series that inspired. The inside story of the new race to conquer space, as elon musk and jeff bezos spend billions of their own money to explore the final frontier for the larger. In a november 2012 interview with esquire, spacex cofounder jim cantrell mentions elon musk s early passion for books pertaining to rocket science. Musk was born to a south african father and a canadian mother.
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 exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneursa reallife tony starkand a fascinating exploration of the renewal of american invention and its new makers. Since the death of steve jobs in 2011, only one silicon valley titan seems to carry a similar air of dark mystique. Elon musk recommends 12 books that changed his life. What are the books that elon musk used to selfstudy rocket science. At age 12 he created a video game and sold it to a. The book traces elon musks life from his childhood up to the time he spent at zip2. What a great way to introduce elon musk to kids in a humorous exciting way. After reading several books on elon musk, i am a big fan and recommend everyone to read about the advancements of rocket technology in america. Cantrells first contact with musk was a cold call in 2001. Hed been borrowing all my college textbooks on rocketry and propulsion.
How did elon musk learn enough about rockets to create and. He is the founder, ceo and chief engineerdesigner of spacex. Musk wants to use the spaceshipand rocket combo to carry passengers to mars, but he says it could easily land on the moon too. He is a citizen of south africa, the united states where he has lived. An informal history of liquid rocket propellants by john d. Seventeen years ago, elon musk knew little about rockets, mars or space technology. Tesla, spacex, and the quest for a fantastic future is ashlee vances biography of elon musk, published in 2015. In the book, vance managed to get regular interviews with musk, those close to him, and those who were with him at the most important. Whenever anyone asks him how he learned to build rockets, he says, i read books. He became the chief executive officer and a major funder of tesla, which makes electric cars. How elon musk learns faster and better than everyone else.
The latest creation from elon musk s spacex looks like it was ripped from the pages of a 1950s comic book. By the way, dont miss his latest biography elon musk. Elon musk shares personal diet and exercise routine joe. Spacex founder and ceo elon musk just tweeted an image looking up at the belly of the latest starship prototype, the sn4, which is on the test stand ahead of a key engine firing. The 40footlong, 4footwide rocket loomed over the quiet suburb of alameda, calif. Our final invention by james barrat breaks down the potential risks of highlevel artificial intelligence. And what fuels him to reach for the next big thing. He says that musk literally taught himself rocket science by reading textbooks and talking to industry heavyweights. He displayed an early talent for computers and entrepreneurship. At 71, elon musk s model mom, maye musk, is at her peak as a style icon by sissi cao 010720 7. Elon musk has helped to revolutionize banking, transportation, energy, and of course space travel. Elon musk said a famous scifi book series inspired spacex. He is a citizen of south africa, the united states where he has lived most of his life and currently resides, and canada.