Book · 2021 · Transportation
Liftoff
Liftoff by Eric Berger has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 2 podcasts (3 episodes recommend it and 0 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Patrick O'Shaughnessy (2 episodes) and David Senra (1 episode) on Invest Like the Best (2 episodes) and Modern Wisdom (1 episode).
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I highly recommend this book, Liftoff, that just came out about the early days of SpaceX. Yeah, I read it. It's good.
The best things said about it
But I just read this book called liftoff uh Elon Musk in the desperate early days of SpaceX.
Why people recommend it
Liftoff by Eric Berger is a non-fiction account detailing the dramatic early days, engineering milestones, and foundational struggles of SpaceX. David Senra mentioned the book on Modern Wisdom, stating that he had just read the work about Elon Musk during the desperate early days of the company to illustrate Musk's exceptional pain tolerance. Patrick O'Shaughnessy also discussed the book on Invest Like the Best during two separate episodes. In the first instance, O'Shaughnessy mentioned to guest Justin Fishner-Wolfson that he had recently read the compelling book about early space engineering and the timeline of business involvement. In another episode, O'Shaughnessy enthusiastically recommended the newly released work to Eli Dourado, who agreed that it was an engaging read. The hosts and guests repeatedly highlighted the title as an insightful look into the high-stakes environment of aerospace innovation, the grit required to build a complex hardware company from the ground up, and the early hurdles overcome by modern private space enterprises.
Every mention
Patrick O'Shaughnessy I highly recommend this book, Liftoff, that just came out about the early days of SpaceX. Yeah, I read it.… 2
“I recently read, speaking of SpaceX, it's a very good book called Liftoff about the early days of building and engineering. 2008 was a long time ago that you first started getting involved with the business, fairly early days.”
“I highly recommend this book, Liftoff, that just came out about the early days of SpaceX. Yeah, I read it. It's good.”
David Senra but I just read this book called liftoff uh Elon Musk in the desperate early days of SpaceX 1
“but I just read this book called liftoff uh Elon Musk in the desperate early days of SpaceX”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“So we've seen this over and over again, Steve Jobs causes this, a bozo explosion. A couple of podcasts ago when we covered the early days of SpaceX, the book called Liftoff.”