by Emily Carney | May 3, 2019 | Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Two books – one released this week, and one released nearly half a century ago – give insight into the gradual whittling-down of...
by Emily Carney | Mar 16, 2019 | Apollo, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, This Space Available
The last six months have brought us two major movies about Apollo 11, and some of its figures: First Man (released October 2018), and Apollo 11 (currently playing in theaters). While this 50th anniversary year will bring many related films, documentaries, and books to...
by National Space Society | Feb 26, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, National Space Society
Category: Nonfiction Title: Space 2.0: How Private Spaceflight, a Resurgent NASA, and International Partners are Creating a New Space Age Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback, Kindle, Audio Pages: 340 Publisher: BenBella Books Date:...
by National Space Society | Feb 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe Author: Dr. Dave Williams NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Kindle, Audio Pages: 240 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Date: October 2018...
by National Space Society | Nov 18, 2018 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System Author: Natalie Starkey NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages: 256 Publisher: Bloomsbury Sigma Date: June 2018...
by National Space Society | Nov 3, 2018 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: A Pioneer’s Guide to Living on the Moon Author: Peter Kokh Editor: James L. Burk NSS Amazon link for paperback edition NSS Amazon link for Kindle edition Format: Paperback, Kindle Pages: 756 Publisher:...
by National Space Society | Sep 9, 2018 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Piercing the Horizon: The Story of Visionary NASA Chief Tom Paine Author: Sunny Tsiao NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages: 266 Publisher: Purdue University Press Date: October 2017...
by National Space Society | Aug 13, 2018 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: The High Frontier: An Easier Way Author: Tom Marotta and Al Globus NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Kindle (free reader available; paperback forthcoming) Pages: 114 Publisher: Amazon Digital Services...
