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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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: The Road to Modern Rocketry: Launch Bases, Centers, Museums, Memorials, and Monuments Author: Doug Gangler NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes: Photographs from the International Space Station Author: Chris...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Space Boy and His Dog Author: Diane Curtis Regan Illustrator: Robert Neubecker Ages: Preschool to age 5...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Fall 2015 Title: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2015 Title: Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Space Flight Author: Margaret...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Gina Hagler Title: Explore the Cosmos Like Neil deGrasse Tyson Author: C.A.P. Saucier Ages: 8 to 12 NSS Amazon link...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Gerald W. Driggers Title: Leviathan Wakes Author: James S. A. Corey (pen name for Dan Abraham and Ty Frank) NSS Amazon...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: The Twenty-First Century in Space Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 519...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: The Orbital Perspective: Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles Author:...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: On the Shores of Titan’s Farthest Sea: A Scientific Novel Author: Michael Carroll NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hall Title: Spaceshots & Snapshots of Projects Mercury & Gemini: A Rare Photographic History Author: John Bisney and J. L....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Summer 2015 Title: Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy Author: John S....
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