by National Space Society | Feb 19, 2022 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Fiction
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Power Challenges Author: Ben Bova NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 236 Publisher: Caezik SF & Fantasy Arc Manor Date: June 2021 Retail price: $28.50/$6.99 ISBN: 978-1642938241 Power...
by National Space Society | Feb 19, 2022 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Don’t Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky Author: Homer Hickam NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 416 Publisher: Post Hill Press...
by National Space Society | Feb 7, 2022 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Humanizing Space: The Life of Gerard K. O’Neill Author: Dylan Taylor with John Desimone NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback, Kindle Pages: 242 Publisher: Multiverse Publishing Date: April,...
by National Space Society | Jan 16, 2022 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray Title: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars: The Story of the First American Woman to Command a Space Mission Author: Col. Eileen M. Collins USAF (Retired) with Jonathan H. Ward NSS Amazon link for this book...
by Emily Carney | Oct 17, 2021 | Apollo, Astronauts, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney One of the lesser known personalities of the Apollo lunar program is Ron Evans, Apollo 17 command module pilot. If you asked someone on the street to name an astronaut, he or she might be able to remember Neil Armstrong, but it’s...
by Emily Carney | Oct 9, 2021 | Astronauts, Book Reviews, This Space Available
This Space Available By Emily Carney Two new books illuminate the challenging times two NASA Group Five astronauts experienced during the 1970s, a decade more known for delays in human spaceflight than actual human spaceflight. Wonders All Around: The Incredible Story...
by National Space Society | Sep 27, 2021 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds Author: Christopher E. Mason NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Kindle Pages: 296 Publisher: The MIT Press Date: April 2021 Retail Price:...
by National Space Society | Sep 14, 2021 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Fiction
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Peter Spasov Title: Déjà Doomed Author: Edward M. Lerner NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback, Kindle Pages: 440 Publisher: CAEZIK SF & Fantasy Date: May 2021 Retail Price: $16.44/$6.99 ISBN: 978-1647100278 At this...