Comments on: How did Elon Musk learn enough about rockets to run SpaceX?

By: Mysterian

Mysterian — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:51:55 +0000

The fastest way to become educated on launch systems is to read the failure analyses…

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:51:19 +0000

I feel like any old-school science-fiction fan should have Fundamentals of Astrodynamics on the shelf. And a slide-rule on their desk.

By: Scipio Americanus

Scipio Americanus — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:23:31 +0000

Actually, he’ll be peculiarly well placed to take advantage of it. He has two big companies, one of which specializes in making aerospace products and one of which specializes in making high powered electrical products…

By: Kudzu Bob

Kudzu Bob — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 09:39:31 +0000

I doubt that there’s anything to this talk of a propellantless EM drive, but if there is, Elon Musk is going to be seriously pissed.

By: Scipio Americanus

Scipio Americanus — Sat, 09 Jan 2016 18:11:44 +0000

For anyone interested in adding to that list for their own reading, Space Propulsion Analysis and Design goes over much the same material as Rocket Propulsion Elements, but with expanded sections on electric and nuclear rocketry.