SpaceX

Dr. Erik Seedhouse is an associate  professor in spaceflight operations and a research scientist specializing in space life sciences and physiology, the subject in which he obtained his PhD while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2009, he was one of the final candidates for selection as an astronaut in the CSA’s Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. Through the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences and he he completed his suborbital scientist astronaut certification and hopes to fly on a suborbital vehicle  in the near future. Between 2008-13, Seedhouse was Director of Canada's Manned Centrifuge and Hypobaric Chamber Operations. He works as an associate  professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a manned spaceflight consultant, triathlon coach, occasional Hollywood consultant, author and public speaker.

“Seedhouse’s book, outlining SpaceX’s failures as well as its successes, makes Musk’s wish … feasible.” (Andy Sinharay, Aerospace, February, 2024)

• Chapter 1: Elon Musk.- Chapter 2: Space Xers.- Chapter 3: The Engines: Merlin, Draco and Raptor.- Chapter 4: The Rockets: From the Falcon 1 to the Falcon 9, the Falcon Heavy to the BFR.- Chapter 5: The Dragons.- Chapter 6: Flight Operations.- Chapter 7: Defense Contracts.- Chapter 8: A Man on Mars in 10 Years.- Index.