Book Review: The People’s Spaceship
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement after Apollo
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Crossing the Threshold: Advancing into Space to Benefit the Earth Author: Paul O. Wieland, P.E. NSS Amazon link
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Turning Dust to Gold: Building a Future on the Moon and Mars Author: Haym Benaroya NSS Amazon link
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2011 Title: First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth Author: Marc
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ariel I Rayman From Ad Astra Fall 2011 Title: NASA Space Shuttle Owners’ Workshop Manual Author: Dr. David Baker NSS Amazon
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle Author: Bart Hendrickx and Bert Vis NSS Amazon link for this book Format:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Lunar Settlements Editor: Haym Benaroya NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin Author: Jamie Doran
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: From Jars to Stars: How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine Author: Todd Neff NSS Amazon link
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