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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Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee. Title: One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon. Author: Charles Fishman. I have read much...
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At the invitation Professor Aida Nava Wofford of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), NSS members David Cheuvront, Rodrigo Romo, and NSS Executive Vice President...
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