Book Review: Space Ace
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
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Without exception, astronauts report seeing the Earth from space results in feeling a stronger, more protective connection with the Earth and a deepened awareness of...
“From the Earth to the Moon” was a twelve-part HBO mini-series which first aired on April 5, 1998. The series was produced by Bruce Glazer,...
In his preface, author Piers Bizony notes that the book is a “family-friendly non-academic and almost purely visual celebration” of what we have achieved in...
The book contains plenty of useful information for those wanting to personally experience either suborbital or orbital spaceflight. The author interviewed an impressive collection of...
An alternate-history thriller about an Apollo 18 mission involving murder as Americans and Soviets simultaneously compete and cooperate with each other....
Dr. Gregg’s book explains what is going on in the space business and why it is happening, and how the industry could be valued at...
Anna Nesterova’s art adds a great deal to the book and does a great job depicting such concepts as future Martian settlements and the nitrogen...
“I regarded the text so highly that advance copies have already been used to shape the minds of future Air Force officers who will one...
Power Challenges is the fourth book In the Power series novels. Although the reviewer did not read the three prior books, she found that the...
At long last, the rocket boy from Coalwood tells the rest of his story! What did Homer "Sonny" Hickam do with his life following the...
Many familiar faces among the NewSpace entrepreneurs, including Jeff Bezos, were O’Neill acolytes in their younger days. His story is, from start to finish, the...
As with Eileen Collins' flying aircraft and spacecraft, so with this book: all the goals she set for herself in writing the book—inspiration and historical...
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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author: Robert “Hoot” Gibson Format: Hardcover/Kindle...
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