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: John F. Kross Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2006 Title: Space Race: The Battle to Rule the Heavens Author: Deborah Cadbury...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: John F. Kross Reprinted from Ad Astra Winter 2006 Title: 50 Years in Space Author: Patrick Moore Illustrations: David A. Hardy...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Lucifer’s Hammer Author: Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 640...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Astrobiology Author: Fred Bortz Ages: 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover (Library binding) Pages:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Author: Ray Kurzweil NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must Author: Robert Zubrin,...
DVD Review: Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2007 Title: Spacecraft Films Apollo DVD Sets Author: Spacecraft Films/NASA Out...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Earthseed Author: Pamela Sargent NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Publisher: Tor Date: 2007...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Spacer and Rat Author: Margaret Bechard Reading Level: Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir Author: Bryan Burrough NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Hurricane Moon Author: Alexis Glynn Latner NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 399 Publisher: Pyr...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Sky Horizon Author: David Brin Reading Level: Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover...
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