Book Review: Red Moon Rising
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray Title: Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier
June 2011
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[Mumbai, June 26] Indian news agency PTI quotes a National Space Society Director on a plan to provide electricity in case of a Fukushima-type or
Bob Crippen did not discover self-tanner, but he certainly must have discovered something to “extend and prolong that St. Tropez tan.” Bob and John Young
Because Jack was once on Apollo 7’s support crew. Poor guy. 1968 Life magazine photo. Jack was a CAPCOM during Apollo 7, and was the
The latest addition to the NSS Space Solar Power Library is a paper by Al Globus which he presented at the 2011 International Space Development
Here’s a clip of Neil Armstrong, semi-reclusive Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 astronaut, doing a TV spot for Chrysler vehicles in 1979. Neil did a
John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, and Friendship 7 from “An Evening with Two Mercury Astronauts,” from the National Air and Space Museum, June 23, 2011.
Part of a package I received from NASA in the 1980s. Pictured: a synopsis of the early shuttle missions, and a space shuttle schematic poster.
“Who wears short shorts? We wear short shorts.” Sally Ride, sans short shorts, on the space shuttle Challenger’s flight deck. NASA photo. It’s hard for
Collins, like, raps, cats. 1969 Life magazine photo. Most manned spaceflight enthusiasts have been wholly familiarized with the stories of the two moon-walkers of Apollo
On May 7th, 2011, the National Space Society’s Space Ambassador program began its year-long mission. The top ambassador will be assigned a research trip to
ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer Professor Jun’ichiro Kawaguchi presented the history and results of the Hayabusa program, formally known as MUSES-C. Professor Kawaguchi is
VERSUS NASA photos, 1968. Because this is an important blog about science. U.S. Air Force Colonel James McDivitt (Gemini 4 and Apollo 9) is pictured
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