Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
Jim Plaxco
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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Dale L. Skran, Jr. Title: Proxima Author: Stephen Baxter NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback Pages: 455 Publisher: Gollancz...
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Soyuz Launch Vehicle–Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph Author: Christian Lardier and Stefan Barensky NSS Amazon link...
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