How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight--the lunar landings of NASA's Apollo program.

The stories of the remarkable women who have bravely met two challenges: the risk of space travel and the struggle to succeed in a man's world.

An investigation into commercial space business. It looks at the industry in terms of covering the companies, the role of NASA and other space agencies, as well as the strategic implications of private space systems. It examines the business risks and other possible show-stoppers that might inhibit the growth of commercial spaceflight systems.

An investigation of the roots of the first moon landing. It explores the reactionary modernism of the Third Reich, using the life of Wernher von Braun through the crumbling of Weimar Germany and the rise of the Nazi regime.

From the author of "The Case for Mars" and eminent authority on Mars exploration and terraformation comes a speculative but well-documented travel guide to the planet that holds the greatest promise for colonization. 20 b&w illustrations.

Providing an argument for change in US energy policy, this book lays out a plan for breaking the economic stranglehold that the OPEC oil cartel has on the country and the world.

Presents the exploration and colonisation of Mars, as discussed in the papers and essays from the Mars Society's annual conferences. The essays in this second volume discuss topics like habitat infrastructure, exploration technique, and colony organisation. It also includes a CD-ROM.