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: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin Author: Jamie Doran...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2011 Title: Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: Foothold in the Heavens: The Seventies Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue With His Century: Volume 1 (1907-1948): Learning...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2011 Title: The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: From Jars to Stars: How Ball Came to Build a Comet-Hunting Machine Author: Todd Neff NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: By Any Means Necessary! An Entrepreneur’s Journey Into Space Author: Gregory H....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Brian L. Enke From Ad Astra Winter 2010 Title: Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources Editor: Viorel Badescu NSS Amazon link...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Leviathans of Jupiter Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 477 Publisher: Tor...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: My Dream of Stars: From Daughter of Iran to Space Pioneer Author: Anousheh Ansari with Homer Hickam...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Voyages of Discovery: The Missions of the Space Shuttle Discovery Author: Robert Adamcik NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Cassini Code (Galahad Series Book 3) Author: Dom Testa Age Level: 10 to Young Adult NSS Amazon...
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