May 24, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, International Cooperation, Kids Space, NASA, Planet Earth, Space Research, Why Space
2013-14 State of the Future by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu; The Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.; $39.95 US + shipping (soft cover); 2014. “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” said baseball great, Yogi...
May 15, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, Hubble Space Telescope, International Space Station, Kids Space, Space Research, The Moon, Why Space
Innovation the NASA Way: Harnessing the Power of Your Organization for Breakthrough Success by Rod Pyle; McGraw Hill, New York, New York; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. Author Rod Pyle has taken an up-close look at NASA’s on-going ability to innovate, be it during the...
Mar 30, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Gallup Polls, Kids Space, Market Research, Multimedia, NASA, Research, Space Race, The Moon, Why Space
Marketing the Moon – The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott & Richard Jurek; MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.; $39.95 (hard cover); Feb. 2014. This is an absolutely marvelous and exceptional read! The authors, both marketing sages, have...
Mar 9, 2014 | Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle, Why Space
X-15: The World’s Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age by John Anderson and Richard Passman; Zenith Press/Quayside Publishing Group, Minneapolis, MN.; Licensed by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum; $30.00 (hard cover); 2014. This...
Feb 2, 2014 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Benefits of Space Exploration, Blog, Book Reviews, Commercial Space, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research, Space Shuttle
America’s Space Futures: Defining Goals for Space Exploration, Editor Eric Sterner; George C. Marshall Institute, Arlington, Va.; $12.99, shipping and handling $3.99; (soft cover); 2013. The George C. Marshall Institute has published a thought-provoking new book,...
Dec 11, 2013 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, European Space Agency, Exploration, Kids Space, Mars, MESSENGER, NASA, Our Solar System, Planet Earth, Space and Science, The Moon, Why Space
Alien Seas – Oceans in Space by Michael Carroll, Rosaly Lopes (Editors); Springer, New York; $29.99 (hardcover); 2013. Thanks to the editors for this captivating “wet look” at an under-appreciated aspect of planets and moons in our celestial neighborhood – those “seas...
Nov 9, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Ask the Experts — Answers, Blog, Book Reviews, Education, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Programs Online, Kids Space, Mars, Multimedia, NASA, Space and Science, Space Research, Why Space
Mission: Mars – Get Ready for the Future of Space Exploration by Pascal Lee; Scholastic Inc., New York; $6.99 (paperback); September 2013. Looking for a link to Mars for that special Christmas present? Here’s a book recommended for ages 9-12, but readers of all ages...
Oct 31, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space Race, The Moon
Apollo 13 Owners’ Workshop Manual – An engineering insight into how NASA saved the crew of the failed Moon mission; Quayside publishing group/Zenith Press; Minneapolis, MN; $28.00; November 2013. For those of you that didn’t experience the “real deal” in 1970 – beyond...
Sep 28, 2013 | Ask the Expert, Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, International Cooperation, International Space Station, International Space Station, Space Shuttle, NASA, Kids Space, Mars, Space Race, The Moon
Russia in Space – The Past Explained, The Future Explored by Anatoly Zak; Apogee Prime; Burlington, Ontario, Canada; $49.95 (soft cover); July 2013. Get this book! This is an impressive, artfully done and seminal masterpiece. The 316-page, large format volume is a...
Sep 22, 2013 | Blog, Book Reviews, Education Station, Exploration, Kids Space, NASA, Space and Science, Space Race, Space Research
Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist by George D. Morgan; Prometheus Books; Amherst, New York; $18.00 (soft cover); July 2013. No doubt, many have been absorbed by Homer Hickam’s Rocket Boys (also known as October...