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I posted bits and pieces about it already, but I just finished this book, and it's okay I guess. It's divided into four mostly self-contained sections on different companies.

>Prologue
A summary of SpaceX's Falcon 1 era. It reads like a book report on Berger's book.
>Planet
Most of this section is about Planet and Astra people networking in the 2000s. Not too interesting. The events of this section reach maybe 2018-19, can't remember.
>Rocket Lab
Kind of more a biography on Peter Beck. It's nice to have the Rocket Lab lore laid out, but again nothing very groundbreaking. Covers up until the third or fourth launch.
>Astra
A pretty thorough dive into the company, and they're indeed a lolcow all the way through. This was the best part, but it's Astra so of course it was going to be enjoyable. Covers up until the powerslide.
>Firefly
The focus here was on Polyakov, and this relatively short section was mostly focused on him being crazy. Some of it was interesting. Ends with when he got forced out and the first launch.
>Epilogue
Summarizes the rest of the companies' histories up until mid-late 2022. I think the most recent event was the second Firefly launch (and a whole publishing process later, the third one is still on the pad).

Probably not worth buying, but worth taking a look though if you care about the Astra saga.