
Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: A Traveler’s Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet Author: William K. Hartmann NSS Amazon...
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We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.

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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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