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Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Gerald W. Driggers Title: The Mars Imperative: Book One of the Imperative Chronicles Author: Mark Terence Chapman NSS Amazon link for...

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...

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:...

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Realizing Tomorrow: The Path to Private Spaceflight Author: Charles Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom NSS Amazon link for...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: The Earth-Mars Chronicles Vol. 2: Home for Humanity Author: Gerald W. Driggers NSS Amazon link for this...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Energized Author: Edward M. Lerner NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle Pages: 336 Publisher: Tor Date:...

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Fall 2014 Title: The Martian Author: Andy Weir NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle/Audio...

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Book Review: Designing Farms in Space

Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.

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