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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Space Enterprise: Living and Working Offworld in the 21st Century Author: Philip Robert Harris NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age Author: Matthew Brzezinski NSS Amazon...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The January Dancer Author: Michael Flynn NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages: 352 Publisher: Tor...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime Author: Sy Liebergot NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages:...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Saturn for My Birthday Author: John McGranaghan Illustrator: Wendy Edelson Ages: 4-8 NSS Amazon link for this...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: Solar Sails: A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel Authors: Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson, Gregory L. Matloff NSS Amazon...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Gordon Woodcock Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2008 Title: The Moon: Resources, Future Development, and Settlement, 2nd Edition Author: David Schrunk,...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2008 Title: To the End of the Solar System: The Story of the Nuclear...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jeff Foust Courtesy of The Space Review Title: New Moon Rising: The Making of America’s New Space Vision and the Remaking...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jeff Foust Courtesy of The Space Review Title: Moonrush: Improving Life on Earth with the Moon’s Resources Author: Dennis Wingo NSS...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Jeff Foust Courtesy of The Space Review Title: Mars Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative Author: Thor...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Canada’s Fifty Years in Space: The COSPAR Anniversary Authors: Gordon Shepherd and Agnes Kruchio NSS Amazon link for...

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