11 October 2018
ISRO: a personal history
Relatively little has been published on the Indian space programme, so this personal history is a welcome addition to the ‘space library’. The book is the story of an “award-winning senior scientist” involved with ...
20 May 2022
The Red Planet a natural history of Mars
... is not the book for you. However, if you like the sound of an “enthralling narrative journey through the history and geography of Mars”, this could be worth a punt, especially at a cover price that won’t break the bank...
01 April 2025
Cosmonaut - A Cultural History
.... There is plenty of fascinating stuff here, but my beef with the book is the same as with any academic history: the continual desire to quote and reference other authors. The 80-odd pages of chapter notes and bibliography...
23 September 2025
Our Moon: A Human History
...crater formation (as opposed to volcanic origins) as early as 1921. The author has a way of weaving in elements of science, history, sociology and other themes as if they fit naturally together, which is a rare skill. It’s almost as if CP Snow’s “The...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... 2 until the early 2000s. Its collection of historic artefacts is complemented by the nearby rocket park and Woomera History Museum. The Woomera Rocket Park has a large outdoor display of original (or reconstructed-from-available-parts) missiles...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
...the US space programme. Willy Ley was an early chronicler of the history, current status, and future of human space flight, who escaped ...the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History and the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. ...
