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 .p049 [[ ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-chinnery-3215a478/ | Anne Chinnery ]] b1966, USAF Academy masters aeronautical engineering 1993, 1999 Microcosm, Launch Engineer SpaceX 2003-2013, now [[ https://firefly.com/ | Firefly Aerospace ]]
  . note: Firefly Alpha FLTA002 deployed 3 satellites 1 October 2022
 .p052 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_3 | Space Launch Complex 3 ]] at Vandenberg
  . note: watched first launch attempt of [[ http://www.astronautix.com/a/amrocirr.html | AMROC IRR ]] from [[ http://www.astronautix.com/v/vandenberg576a3.html | VAFB 576A3 120.60W 34.78N ]] in 1989, 15 miles north of SLC=3, 120.588W 34.643N
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Liftoff

Elon Musk and the desperate early days that launched SPACEX

Eric Berger, 2021, Beaverton Library 629.4 BER

Eric Berger is Senior Space Editor at ars technica

  • mostly about Falcon 1 development and test
  • p001 Starhopper landing test fail, crash, but FAA 500 foot altitude limit prevented fireball
  • p005 USC students Brian Bjelde (Rat Chicken) and Phil Kassouf, SpaceX new hures
  • p007 Gans Koenigsmann VP avionics
  • p009 Adeo Ressi entrepreneur friend
  • p010 Chris Thompson Boeing -> SpaceX

  • p011 Jim Cantrell
  • p011 John Garvey Boeing rocket engines
  • p011 Tom Mueller (p29 Merlin engine)
  • p011 Reaction Research Society, So Cal rocketry club
  • p011 Ignition! John Drury Clark

  • p012 Mike Griffin, future NASA administrator
  • p012 Peter Diamandis
  • p014 2022 May 6 Space Exploration Technologies
  • p015 Hans Koenigsmann Microcosm

  • p015 1310 East Grand Ave El Segundo satellite

  • p017 Mary Beth Brown, assistant to Musk 2022 August
  • p017 Gwynne Shotwell
  • p018 Steve Johnson
  • p019 Spincraft propellant tank provider

  • p020 Phil Kassouf EE Falcon 1 onboard computer
    • interview: south east south triangle at north pole, but also 1+1/2pi miles north of south pole
  • p021 Bulent Altan - Musk asks Larry Page to transfer Ms. Altan to Google's LA office
  • p022 Florence Li
  • p028 Tim Buzza: McGregor test site director

  • p033 Reaction Research Society So.Cal website

  • p035 Bezos Blue Origin

  • p036 "Bezos is not great at engineering, to be frank" says Musk
  • p037 Merlin similar to NASA Fastrac rocket engine

  • p038 Barber-Nichols turbopump contractor, 150 pounds, 3000 horsepower, evolved to 12000 h.p. in Falcon 9

  • p040 Jeremy Hollman, gas generator engineer
  • p041 machining firm Mustang Engineering, owner Bob Reagan became SpaceX VP of machining
  • p043 pintle injector, TRW sues alleging trade secret theft runway 35
  • p044 McGregor site former Beal Aerospace, 10 mi from airport runway 35 ( 5000 ft)

  • p049 Anne Chinnery b1966, USAF Academy masters aeronautical engineering 1993, 1999 Microcosm, Launch Engineer SpaceX 2003-2013, now Firefly Aerospace

    • note: Firefly Alpha FLTA002 deployed 3 satellites 1 October 2022
  • p052 Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg

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