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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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this...
The Inevitability of Space Settlement by Mark Hopkins It is only a matter of time before the large scale move into space begins. It is...
Behind the Scenes With the World’s Most Ambitious Rocket Makers – An improbable partnership between an Internet mogul and an engineer could revolutionize the way...
Congratulations to South Korea on their first successful rocket launch. South Korea launches first rocket into space It is South Korea’s first launch of a...
Sun Power -The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis by Ralph Nansen, the complete online book on the NSS Website. (Thanks Ralph! I have...
The commercial perspective on human spaceflight– Eric Berger Interviewing Mark Sirangelo and Larry Williams. in SciGuy blog of the Houston Chronicle From the commercial perspective,...
Beyond Augustine by Dennis Wingo There are many ideas that have been scoffed at or sidelined, like In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) that could be...
WILLIAM MANESS ON WHY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND POWER GRIDS AREN’T GOOD PLAYMATES AND HIS PLANS FOR BEAMING SOLAR POWER FROM SPACE. in Seed Magazine Seed:...
NASA’s moon plan too ambitious, Obama panel says – A panel reviewing NASA’s current plans for human space flight will report that there is no...
Next Step in Space News Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 13, 2009 – During what may be the last public meeting, the Review of U.S....
NASA is again considering the feasibility of manned missions to the asteroids. However, this idea is not without precedent. Scientists began seriously considering asteroids as...
Our species and our ancient forbears were and remain innately a migratory species. The lure and call of distant lands and new horizons is an...
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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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