Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space, by Umberto Cavallaro (2017). Biographies of sixty women who have flown in space. Reviewed by Susan Raizer.
Apollo Pilot: The Memoir of Astronaut Donn Eisele, by Donn Eisele (2017). Memoir of the pilot of the first Apollo flight into space, published thirty
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Exploring the Martian Moons: A Human Mission to Deimos and Phobos Author: Manfred “Dutch” von Ehrenfried NSS
Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: The Value of the Moon Author: Paul D. Spudis NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 272
Walking on the Sea of Clouds, by Gray Rinehart (2017). A hard science fiction novel, gritty and realistic, about the first commercial colony on the
Europa’s Lost Expedition, by Michael Carroll (2016). Carroll’s thoughtful storytelling extrapolated from real science turns Jupiter’s moon Europa into a real place for the reader.
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Mission: Tomorrow: New Stories of the Future of Space Exploration Editor: Bryan Thomas Schmidt NSS Amazon link for
Reviewed by: Susan Raizer From Ad Astra Spring 2017 Title: Spaceman: An Astronaut’s Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe Author: Mike Massimino
Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2017 Title: How to Make a Spaceship: A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the
Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Winter 2016 Title: Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, From Missiles to the Moon
Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Winter 2016 Title: Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined Author: Ron Miller NSS Amazon
Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Beltrunner Author: Sean O’Brien NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 253 Publisher: EDGE-Lite Date: July 2017 Retail
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