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Space Books So Far, October 2017

I wanted to put my list of books I've got on Kindle that are space related so far in case others are looking for something to read.


Non-Fiction

Biographical

Astronauts

  • "Endurance" - Scott Kelly's account of his year in space

Other

  • "Von Braun" - the man who helped America in spaceflight (the other notable name being Goddard)
  • "Elon Musk" - tangentially related to space, obviously

Planning For Space

Spaceflight, Humans In Space

  • "Packing For Mars" - A look at the various things humans would have to account for in a mission to Mars. It can get pretty hilarious at times.

Other

  • "Changing The Worlds" - a book with a general plan for commercializing space and eventually terraforming Mars and Venus
  • "The Rocket Company" - a somewhat fictional but business related plan for starting a rocket company. I found this book interesting reading after reading the previously mentioned book on Elon Musk

Hard Science

Fiction


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