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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Image: New Glenn first stage (courtesy Blue Origin) By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership In the early hours of January 16, I stood...
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