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Old 07-19-2015, 01:39 PM   #1
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Looking for a book about space...
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I'm trying to find a book with information about all the space travels and ships an everything related to the space

I tried to find anything, but all I found was science fiction.

Any ideas?

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Old 07-19-2015, 01:47 PM   #2
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Well, there is Buzz Aldrin's Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration. Neil DeGrausse Tyson's Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.

Are you interested in the history of space travel or speculation on the future of space travel?
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Hi pwalker8! I'm interested in history.
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Old 07-19-2015, 03:55 PM   #4
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The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe might be another good one. It has been very close to being selected for the book club a couple times.
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The Right Stuff was a really good book. Another good one was Failure is not an Option by Gene Kranz.
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Superbet - although it is fiction, you may enjoy "Space" by James Michener. Michener primarily wrote long novels of well-researched historical fiction, and Space is definitely a long novel (about 800 pages).

Since this book is a novel, it might not present the facts that you're looking for, but you may enjoy it anyway.

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Old 07-19-2015, 05:17 PM   #7
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The Martian by Andy Weir is in a similar category. Although it's science fiction, it is very definitely not science fantasy. Check the thread in this section and see what you think.
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+1 for The Right Stuff. Lost Moon (or Apollo 13) by Jim Lovell is another excellent one.
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I'm a big Norman Mailer fan.

You might want to check out "Of a Fire on the Moon."

Here's a link to give you some further information:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_a_Fire_on_the_Moon
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Hi!

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I tried to find anything, but all I found was science fiction.

Any ideas?

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NASA E-book Archive.
This one is highly recommended:
"Dressing for Altitude, U.S. Aviation Pressure Suits-Wiley Post to Space Shuttle"


Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft It is in HTML but you can download/save web pages and calibre will make an e-book for you. This is one of the better histories of the U.S. manned space program.


NASA History Publications

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Thanks!!!!! I'll be checking all the info you shared here.
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Old 07-19-2015, 11:47 PM   #12
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Check out Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach.
http://www.amazon.com/Packing-Mars-C...7JQ97BRRF1BBX8
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There should be plenty on space exploration, if you look in the right place! 629.4 in the Dewey Decimal system, or ask your librarian if your local library uses a different system. LibraryThing has a neat way of exploring possible books:

https://www.librarything.com/mds/629.4
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Check out Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach.
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Read this one a while back and it was very interesting
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Go to Amazon and search on "Space travel history." The vast majority of the many, many sub-genres and titles will be non-fiction.
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