Book Reviews: Non-Fiction

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Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Asteroid Hunters Author: Carrie Nugent NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle/Audio Pages: 128 Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration: Who Will Compete, Who Will Dominate? Author: Linda Dawson NSS Amazon link for

Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: To a Distant Day: The Rocket Pioneers Author: Chris Gainor NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages:

Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom Author: George Leopold NSS Amazon link for this book

Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Picture This! Grasping the Dimensions of Time and Space Author: Michael Carroll NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle

Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Blueprint for a Battlestar: Serious Scientific Explanations Behind Sci Fi’s Greatest Inventions Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Mars: Making Contact Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 192 Publisher: Andre

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century: Volume 2 (1948-1988): The Man Who Learned Better Author:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Go for Orbit: One of Americas First Women Astronauts Finds Her Space Author: Margaret Rhea Seddon NSS Amazon

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Mike White From Ad Astra Fall 2016 Title: No Dream Is too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Fall 2016 Title: Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA Author:

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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Nuclear Rockets: To the Moon and Mars Author: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 270 Publisher:

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