Space X：埃隆·马斯克和前沿科技 SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier

基本信息

Format:Hardback 176 pages, 200 color photos

Publisher:Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Imprint:Motorbooks

ISBN:9780760384015

Published:13 Jun 2024

Weight:1062g

Dimensions:243 x 274 x 20 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

在该公司初部详细的摄影史中，探索埃隆·马斯克的 SpaceX 迷人的过去、现在和可能的未来。

私人太空行业的共识引领者 SpaceX 由备受争议的亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克领导，在 2023 年估值为 1870 亿美元，同时承担了更多角色——将货物、补给和宇航员运送到外太空，甚至作为 NASA 阿尔特弥斯登月任务的火箭供应商发挥核心作用。在《SpaceX：埃隆·马斯克和最后的边疆》中，科学记者兼编辑布拉德·伯根用文字和 200 多张令人惊叹的照片讲述了 SpaceX 的故事，这些照片包括太空船、关键参与者以及加利福尼亚州、德克萨斯州和佛罗里达州的设施。

Bergan 详细研究了 SpaceX 为加速人类对外太空的探索和理解所做的努力，包括：

促使马斯克成立公司的个人和私人力量

私人太空探索业务，包括与其他私人公司和 NASA 签订的合同

主要竞争对手，包括亚马逊的杰夫·贝佐斯创立的蓝色起源

SpaceX 在月球、火星及更远太空任务中的角色

Bergan 还报道了 SpaceX 的一些有争议的头条新闻，从太空垃圾到失败的试射和星座。在研究业务、任务和硬件的同时，Bergan 还研究了设计前瞻性设备的重要性，以及最终的结果：SpaceX 最终能从中“得到”什么？

《SpaceX：埃隆·马斯克和最后的边疆》是对一家开创性公司的视觉呈现，着眼于它相对较短的过去，并批判性地审视它在深空的统治地位。

Explore the fascinating past, present, and possible future of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the first comprehensive photographic history of the company.

The private space industry’s consensus leader, SpaceX, headed by controversial billionaire Elon Musk, was worth an estimated $187 billion in 2023 while taking on more roles—flying cargo, supplies, and astronauts to outer space, and even playing a central role as rocket supplier to NASA’s Artemis moon mission. In SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier, science journalist and editor Brad Bergan tells the story of SpaceX with words and 200+ stunning photographs of the spacecraft, key players, and facilities in California, Texas, and Florida.

Bergan examines every detail surrounding SpaceX’s efforts to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of outer space, including:

The personal and private forces that led Musk to form the company 

The business of private space exploration, including contracts with other private firms and NASA 

Chief rivals, including Blue Origin, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos

SpaceX roles in missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond 

Bergan also covers some of SpaceX's controversial headlines, from space junk to failed test launches and the Satelline constellation. While examining the business, the missions, and the hardware, Bergan looks at the importance of design-forward equipment and, finally, the endgame: what ultimately is “in it” for SpaceX?

SpaceX: Elon Musk and the Final Frontier is the ultimate visual look at a groundbreaking company, with an eye toward its relatively short past—and a critical eye toward its possible dominion in deep space.

作者简介

Brad Bergan 曾担任 Immutable Holdings 的执行编辑，也曾担任 Interesting Engineering and Futurism 的高级编辑，专攻太空、金融和加密货币。他的文章曾刊登在 VICE、3:AM Magazine、世界经济论坛、美国国家图书评论协会等媒体上。他的调查性新闻曾被Discover 和 NBC News 引用，并多次在国家电台露面。他拥有爱荷华大学哲学和英语学位，并在新学院学习过研究生创意写作。他现居纽约。

Brad Bergan is a former executive editor at Immutable Holdings and a former senior editor at Interesting Engineering and Futurism, specializing in space, finance, and crypto. His words have appeared in or on VICE, 3:AM Magazine, The World Economic Forum, the National Book Critics Circle, and elsewhere. With investigative journalism cited in Discover, and NBC News, and several appearances on national radio, he holds degrees in philosophy and English from the University of Iowa, and studied graduate-level creative writing at The New School. He lives in New York.