Space Exploration


The Martian
The Right Stuff
Project Hail Mary
A Man on the Moon
Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13
A New Eden (The Betaverse, #1)
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journey
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Orbital
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
CassaStar by Alex J. CavanaughEric Olafson  by Vanessa RavencroftTheocracide by James WymoreMidshipman's Hope by David FeintuchOld Man's War by John Scalzi
Space jocks
65 books — 30 voters
Mining the Sky by John S. LewisLive Free or Die by John RingoEarth Unaware by Orson Scott CardMiners In The Sky by Murray LeinsterEuropa by J.J. Co
Asteroid Mining Books
44 books — 17 voters

George Alec Effinger
Just because your electronics are better than ours, you aren't necessarily superior in any way. Look, imagine that you humans are a man in LA with a brand-new Trujillo and we are a nuhp in New York with a beat-up old Ford. The two fellows start driving toward St. Louis. Now, the guy in the Trujillo is doing 120 on the interstates, and the guy in the Ford is putting along at 55; but the human in the Trujillo stops in Vegas and puts all of his gas money down the hole of a blackjack table, and the ...more
George Alec Effinger, Live! from Planet Earth

Carl Sagan
The American and Russian capabilities in space science and technology mesh; they interdigitate. Each is strong where the other is weak. This is a marriage made in heaven - but one that has been surprisingly difficult to consummate.
Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

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