Book Review: Ascension
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Ascension: Life Lessons from the Space Shuttle Columbia Tragedy for Engineers, Managers,
September 2022
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Rod Pyle, Ad Astra editor, space author and historian, will be featured speaker (available via Zoom) at the next National Space Society Iowa Chapter meeting.
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, September 15, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Automated Psychotherapy in Space:
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