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: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Spring 2009 Title: Homesteading Space: The Skylab Story Author: David Hitt, Owen Garriott, and Joe Kerwin...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Nuclear Rocket: Making our Planet Green, Peaceful and Prosperous Author: James Dewar NSS Amazon link for this...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto Title: One Small Step: 40th Anniversary of the Race to the Moon Author: Peter Murray NSS Amazon...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Planet Earth: Guide to the Planet Author: Steve Murrie and Matthew Murrie Ages: 9-12 NSS Amazon link...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Lunar Outpost: The Challenges of Establishing a Human Settlement on the Moon Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Mars (Updated Edition) Author: Melanie Chrismer Ages: 4-8 NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Mark Mayfield (Editor-in-Chief, Ad Astra) From Ad Astra, Winter 2008 Title: A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Deborah Martin (Associate Editor, Ad Astra) From Ad Astra, Winter 2008 Title: NASA/ART: 50 Years of Exploration Authors: James D. Dean...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Winter 2008 Title: Return to Luna: Stories from the Lunar Settlements Editor: Eric L. Reynolds NSS...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Mission Control, This Is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon Author: Andrew Chaikin,...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ronald Thomas Reprinted courtesy Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts Title: Boys’ Books, Boys’ Dreams, and the Mystique of Flight...
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