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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: From the Garage to Mars: Memoir of a Space Entrepreneur Author: Scott Tibbitts Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 254 Publisher:
By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Photo credit: Elizabeth Schneider On July 20, 2024, the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing,