Liftoff: How SpaceX Could Save NASA. Eric Berger

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-daviescontent-D2GjIlLRm4o/">How Do We Fix It?</a> (LS 42 &middot; TOP 2% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/ffa5ab301cb04330bd962fbf9e7387f0/">Liftoff: How SpaceX Could Save NASA. Eric Berger</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-03-05<br><br><img src="https://cdn-images-1.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-davies-content-D2GjIlLRm4o.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Elon Musk</a>&nbsp;is an entrepreneur and out-of-this-world thinker, who has shaken up two vital industries that were dominated by giant multinational corporations with companies that began life as startups. Tesla's breakthrough with electric cars is well-known, but many of Musk's most stunning innovations have come with SpaceX, which pioneered reusable rockets— slashing the cost of space launches—&nbsp;flew astronauts into space, and landed rockets on boats.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Next is the development of&nbsp;<a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/03/spacex-set-for-its-third-major-starship-flight-test-on-wednesday/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starship</a>.&nbsp;Musk also wants to send hundreds if not thousands of humans to Mars.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Our guest,&nbsp;<a href="https://arstechnica.com/author/ericberger/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eric Berger</a>, is a senior editor at space and technology news website,&nbsp;<a href="https://arstechnica.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ars Technica</a>, and author of&nbsp;the new book, "<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/liftoff-eric-berger?variant=32126620205090" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liftoff</a>: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched Space X." He takes us on a fascinating journe