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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In late September 2010, after many months of debate, Congress passed the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. This three-year authorization demonstrated a bipartisan, cooperative effort...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy and Michelle Abendschan From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: The Astronaut’s Cookbook: Tales, Recipes, and More Author: Charles T....
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ronald C. Thomas, Jr. From Ad Astra Fall 2010 Title: Rocketbelt Pilot’s Manual: A Guide by the Bell Test Pilot Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: How to Find a Habitable Planet Author: James Kasting NSS Amazon link for...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Summer 2010 Title: 50 Years of Rockets & Spacecraft: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay Author:...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy From Ad Astra Spring 2010 Title: Paradise Regained: The Regreening of Earth Author: Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff, C...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Frederick I. Ordway III From Ad Astra Winter 2009 Title: Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962 Author: Megan Prelinger...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Winter 2009 Title: Secrets of the Universe: How We Discovered the Cosmos Author: Paul Murdin NSS...
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Astroblast: Moon Stone Mystery Author & Illustrator: Bob Kolar Ages: 4-8 NSS Amazon link for this book...
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