Book Review: The Pale Blue Data Point
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: John Vester Title: The Pale Blue Data Point: An Earth-Based Perspective on the Search for Alien
January 2016
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On January 22, 2016, two months after Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket first successfully flew to the edge of space and returned to its launch
Cover of Leaving Orbit. Image Credit: Amazon.com Occasionally, this blog features other contributors; on this occasion we are happy to host this review by space
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Mark Hopkins, Chairman of the NSS Executive Committee, was interviewed on The Space Show on January 4 on the subject of space settlement in general
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