Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
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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...
Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: We Are the Martians: A Guide for the Colonization of the Planet Mars Author: Bill Wright and Doug Turnbull...
Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Moon Beam Authors: Travis S. Taylor and Jody Lynn Nye NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 320...
Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Flying Higher and Faster Author: Vance Brand NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback Pages: 245 Publisher: Mira...
Miguel and Michelle Visit Spaceport America by Loretta Hall (2017). This book captures the experience of two children on a school field trip to New...
Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut Author: Clayton C. Anderson NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Darkship Revenge Authors: Sarah Hoyt NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 368 Publisher: Baen Date: May 2017...
Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Amazing Stories of the Space Age Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 365 Publisher:...
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...
Mission to Pluto by Mary Kay Carson (2017). Outstanding “group biography” including profiles of the New Horizons mission team members and the dwarf planet itself....
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