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Relevant Books
On this page you will find a growing list of books related to topics discussed on or relevant to our company, our project, this Web site, and the topics we discuss. Where possible, we are providing links to vendors from whom you can purchase the books online. If you make a purchase through the Buy It... link we provide, you will be supporting our efforts, and we thank you.
Categories
Titles
Aerospace Engineering
- Introduction to Space Dynamics
by William Tyrell Thomson
an aerospace engineering textbook covering the mathematics and principles of space vehicle motion and control
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- Introduction to Space Dynamics
Aerospace History
Space Travel
- Full Moon
by Michael Light; essay by Andrew Chaikin
a large (11 3/4" square) and visually stunning presentation of 57 black and white and 72 full color photographs depicting the set of journeys that was NASA's Apollo missions to the Moon
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- Full Moon
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Literature
Mars
- Destination Mars
In Art, Myth and Science
by Martin Caidin & Jay Barbree with Susan Wright
a review of Mars, Martians and beliefs about Mars found in literature, and predictions of the future of Mars
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- Destination Mars
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Other Projects
Lunar Development
- The Artemis Data Book
online description of the Artemis Project, a private venture to establish a permanent, self-supporting community on the Moon
- The Artemis Data Book
Mars Colonization
- Mars My Way
Second Edition
by John Wayne Smith, with Manuel Cuba and Shaun Moss
the story of how 1000 Planets Inc. intends to get to Mars, and how we plan to organize the colony once we do get there
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- Mars My Way
Space Colonization
- The Millennial Project
by Marshal T. Savage
In this book, Marshal Savage proposes that we colonize space, and he lists eight "easy" steps to colonizing the galaxy.
- The Millennial Project
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Space Science
- The Handy Space Answer Book
by Phillis Engelbert and Diane L. Dupuis
While this book claims "1,200 of the most probing questions in the universe [are] answered within..." a large number of the answers supplied are either wrong or misleading. Although this book contains a lot of interesting and useful information, the volume of incorrect data, which cannot be differentiated by an uninitated reader, makes it impossible to recommend this book as a reference.
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- The Handy Space Answer Book