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: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Skye Object 3270A Author: Linda Nagata Ages: 10 to YA NSS Amazon link for this book Format:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller From Ad Astra Spring 2015 Title: 2001: The Heritage and Legacy of The Space Odyssey Author: Frederick I. Ordway...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee From Ad Astra Spring 2015 Title: Infinite Worlds: The People and Places of Space Exploration Author: Michael Soluri...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson From Ad Astra Winter 2014 Title: To Orbit and Back Again: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jim Plaxco From Ad Astra Winter 2014 Title: Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program Author: David Meerman...
By Dale Skran, Deputy Chair, NSS Policy Committee Please consider joining the MARCH STORM Congressional action event organized by the Space Frontier Foundation and the...
The National Space Society (NSS) and the Space Frontier Foundation (SFF) will announce the formation of the jointly managed Alliance for Space Development (ASD) at...
2014 Grand Prize Winner: Arcturus Space Settlement by Bogdan Alexandru Cionca The National Space Society is hosting the 2015 Roadmap to Space Settlement International Student...
The National Space Society announces that the European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission team is the winner of its 2015 Space Pioneer Award for science...
The National Space Society announces that NBC space news correspondent Jay Barbree is the winner of its 2015 Space Pioneer Award for mass media. This...
The Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Rover and Science Team is the winner of the National Space Society’s Wernher von Braun Memorial Award. This award will...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Crater Author: Homer Hickam Ages: 10 to YA NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Audible Pages:...
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