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How Elon Musk’s SpaceX began a new ‘Space Race’

New York Post
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Reentry picks up where Berger ’s first book Liftoff left off, in the lead up to the first launch of the Falcon 9 rocket.

The book reveals much about what made SpaceX so successful, says Berger .

The company now delivers more orbital payloads than the governments of Russia , China and private-sector competitors like Boeing and Lockheed Martin combined.

In the last decade , SpaceX has mastered reusable rockets, launched Starlink , built and flew the biggest rocket ever.

Elon Musk remains at center stage throughout, pushing his team and reminding them of the bigger mission.

He is clearly driven by a bigger purpose: if SpaceX makes a boatload of money, but doesn’t reach Mars , the company has failed.