#141 - Eric Berger On SpaceX, Elon Musk, And The Race To Escape The Earth

[***Amazon Music 3 Months Free***](https://www.amazon.co.uk/music/unlimited?tag=thejist00-21) Eric Berger is the senior space editor at Ars Technica, covering everything from astronomy to private space to wonky NASA policy, and author of the book Liftoff, about the rise of SpaceX. Eric has an astronomy degree from the University of Texas and a master's in journalism from the University of Missouri. He previously worked at the Houston Chronicle for 17 years, where the paper was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2009 for his coverage of Hurricane Ike. A certified meteorologist, Eric founded Space City Weather and lives in Houston. In this interview we talked all about SpaceX, Elon Musk, the concept of leaving this planet, why SpaceX succeeded, and how space tourism might develop. If you haven’t already and you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast and our mailing list, and don’t forget, my book, Brexit: The Establishment Civil War, is now out, you’ll find the links in the description below. [**Express VPN 12 Months 35% off!!**](https://www.xvinlink.com/?a_fid=chatter) [**ORDER BREXIT:THE ESTABLISHMENT CIVIL WAR HERE**]( https://amzn.to/39XXVjq) [***Get 25% off podcast hosting with Podiant***](https://pcast.link/chatter/) [***Order GameStop T-shirts Here!***](https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/to-the-moon-59) ***RESOURCES*** Order Liftoff From Eric Berger Here - https://amzn.to/3aE9fRC https://twitter.com/SciGuySpace https://arstechnica.com/author/ericberger/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_T4QayqtI4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVYQpbrQu4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAmDb2vIxw Follow us on [Twitter]( https://twitter.com/Give_Me_TheJist) or [sign up for our mailing list here]( http://eepurl.com/cSmT7v) to get information on my book, [Brexit: The Establishment Civil War](http://www.establishmentcivilwar.co.uk/).