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: John F. Kross Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2006 Title: Space Race: The Battle to Rule the Heavens Author: Deborah Cadbury
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: John F. Kross Reprinted from Ad Astra Winter 2006 Title: 50 Years in Space Author: Patrick Moore Illustrations: David A. Hardy
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Author: Ray Kurzweil NSS Amazon link for this book Format:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must Author: Robert Zubrin,
DVD Review: Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2007 Title: Spacecraft Films Apollo DVD Sets Author: Spacecraft Films/NASA Out
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir Author: Bryan Burrough NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ben Bova Title: Space and Astronomy: Decade by Decade Author: Marianne J. Dyson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jim Plaxco Title: ISScapades: The Crippling of America’s Space Program Author: Donald A. Beattie NSS Amazon link for this book Format:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jeff Foust Courtesy of The Space Review Title: Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jeff Foust Courtesy of The Space Review Title: The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun Editor: Irene E. Powell-Willhite NSS Amazon
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jim Plaxco Title: Utilization of Space: Today And Tomorrow Editors: Berndt Feuerbacher and Heinz Stoewer NSS Amazon link for this book
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Space Shuttle Decision Author: T. A. Heppenheimer NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 488
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