Takeoff: Elon Musk and the desperate early years of SpaceX

The full story of SpaceX's early years, available in print for the first time.

Eric Berger's book offers an honest and unusual success story of the famous entrepreneur Elon Musk and his company SpaceX. The author describes with great cinematic vividness a desperate startup that turned into a leading company in the field of aerospace technology. Readers will learn how Musk was able to assemble a team of engineers who believed in his dream and push them to their limits.

The book reveals the difficulties and trials faced by Musk in the early years of SpaceX's development, and also reveals the inner world of the company, where time flies as fast as a dog's age. The author details the most important events in the history of SpaceX, from the first successful rocket launches to the important financial tests in 2008.

It will be useful for a wide range of readers, especially those interested in the atypical success story of an entrepreneur and the development of the space industry. The author, Eric Berger, is known for his expert approach to space topics and his ability to tell interesting stories, which makes this book especially attractive to readers.