Book Review: Creature Comforts in Space
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Creature Comforts in Space: Designing Enjoyment and Sustainability for Off-World Living Author: Samuel
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Saturn Run by John Standford and Ctein, reviewed by Peter Spasov. The U.S. and China race to seize technological secrets from an extraterrestrial visitor in
The Future of Humanity, by Michio Kaku. Reviewed by Peter Spasov. A popular theoretical physicist envisions a grand golden age of space development and our
This Insubstantial Pageant, by Kate Story. Reviewed by Peter Spasov. Based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, an interstellar crew encounter strange botanical beings, love, revenge and
Willey Ley: Prophet of the Space Age by Jared S. Buss, reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray. This is the first biography of Willy Ley, the
The NASA Letters, by Don A. Nelson. One man’s fight for a commercially run, automated Space Shuttle. Reviewed by Robert A. Lee.
The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments, by Davide Sivolella. Excellent review of the shuttle in terms of employing its special characteristics in operational use.
Mission to Methone, by Les Johnson. A prospecting mission finds an asteroid that turns out to be an ancient alien spacecraft. Reviewed by Bart Leahy.
NASA photo, Feb. 1974: “Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot for the Skylab 4 mission, demonstrates the effects of zero-gravity as he sails through airlock
Square-jawed Dr. Ed Gibson gets ready to upset some space journalists, NASA photo, Sept. 10, 1973: “Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson, science pilot for the third
Chasing Space: An Astronaut’s Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Leland Melvin (2017). Melvin calls himself “the unexpected astronaut” and this book chronicles
Arkwright, by Allen Steele (2016). The Arkwright foundation sends a robotic ship with frozen human gametes to an exoplanet twenty-two light years from Earth. Reviewed
Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space, by Umberto Cavallaro (2017). Biographies of sixty women who have flown in space. Reviewed by Susan Raizer.
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Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New “Hot Staging” System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship/Super Heavy
Ad Astra, the NSS quarterly print, digital, and audio magazine, has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award. The awards are given yearly for “Excellence in
By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th, an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space
By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of
People residing and working in space, space settlements, or on long-duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles. The
Image: Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin. Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society congratulates
