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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“This docking adapter is a sonofabitch. F–k it.” Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford, cuss word architects, 1966. So I’m currently avoiding writing about the NASA...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: A Black Hole Is Not a Hole Author: Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano Illustrator: Michael Carroll Ages: 10 to...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Karen Mermel Title: The Helios Conspiracy Author: Jim DeFelice NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 416 Publisher: Forge...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Tierney O’Dea From Ad Astra Summer 2012 Title: Abundance: The Future Is Better than You Think Author: Peter Diamandis and Steven...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2012 Title: Megacatastrophes: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End Author: David Darling and Dirk...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Meet the Planets Author: John McGranaghan Illustrator: Laurie Allen Klein Ages: 5 and up NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Drifting on Alien Winds Author: Michael Carroll NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 254 Publisher:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ariel I. Rayman From Ad Astra Spring 2012 Title: The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Mike White From Ad Astra Spring 2012 Title: Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon Author: Al...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon Author: Craig Nelson NSS Amazon link...
For Christmas, get this book NOW for your space-obsessed buddy or family member. The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More, by Charles T. Bourland and...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer From Ad Astra Winter 2011 Title: Burt Rutan’s Race to Space: The Magician of Mojave and His Flying Innovations...
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