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Jay Gallentine

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Historian Jay Gallentine has a reputation for stripping away technobabble to focus on the human stories of space exploration. His casual and irreverent writing style renders a topic accessible and enjoyable, while retaining accuracy worthy of a reference tome.

Jay’s first book, "Ambassadors from Earth," detailing the turbulent early days of solar system exploration, received the 2009 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature.

Jay's second book is "Infinity Beckoned." In the same lighthearted and non-technical fashion, readers will learn brand-new stories about such topics as looking for life on Mars with the 1976 Viking landers, and the top-secret town in Crimea used to control Soviet moon rovers.

Jay's third book, "Born to Explore," e ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 94 ratings · 19 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft 4.18 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Inner Solar System, 1969–1989 by Jay Gallentine (Goodreads Author), Bobak Ferdowsi (Foreword) 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born to Explore: John Casani’s Grand Tour of the Solar System 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outward Odyssey 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars