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19 November 2009
Lightcraft – Flight Handbook LTI-20
br clear = "all"> The major shortcoming of current chemical powered rockets lies in the ratio of payload to fuel. The dream of rocketeers would have a spacecraft almost all payload. Leik Myrabo and John Lewis have an idea for this and they present it in the book "Lightcraft – Flight Handbook LTI-20 ". Within the [...]
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10 November 2009
the Bluffer's Guide to the Cosmos
br clear= "all"> The English language continually evolves. Just see Ambrose Bierce's definition of dictionary. New concepts call for new words that often evolve from a new dictum. Astronomy has made its fair share of contributions to this cause. But, Daniel Hudon's book "The Bluffer's Guide to: The Cosmos" belies such augmentations. Within, the language [...]
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19 July 2009
Book Review: Magnificent Desolation, by Buzz Aldrin
I very much enjoyed chatting with Buzz Aldrin a couple of weeks ago, for some stories leading up to the 40th anniversary of the July 20, 1969 Apollo 11 landing on the moon. I found him honest, personable and generous with his time. But when his publicist offered to send a copy of his new book, [...]
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30 June 2009
Book Review: Cold War Tech War
When is the best answer not the right answer? Assuredly many historical events epitomize this dilemma. Randall Whitcomb digs into Canada's Avro Arrow story and delivers up such an event in his book, "Cold War Tech War – The Politics of America's Air Defense". In it, he shows how a plane, successfully designed and built [...]
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29 June 2009
Book Review: Keep Watching the Skies
We work hard to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. If lucky, we've got some time left over for other activities. Patrick McCray's book "Keep Watching the Skies – The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age" is the story of a program that took advantage [...]
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28 June 2009
Book Review: How To Live On Mars
With all the probes recently landing on Mars, it's no wonder we feel that the planet is close enough to vacation there. Robert Zubrin has such a scheme already in place for his book entitled "How to Live on Mars – A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet". Though vacationers are [...]
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27 June 2009
Book Review: To a Distant Day
Being part of a series on a "people's history of spaceflight", Chris Gainor's book entitled "To a Distant Day – The Rocket Pioneers" relives the onset of humankind's age of rocketry. Though starting from a broad, distant vantage point that includes Galileo and Copernicus, this book quickly jumps to Tsiolkovsky and other recent rocket luminaries. [...]
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26 June 2009
DVD Review: Sputnik Mania
Fear remained in the air even after the great global conflict of World War II ended. This arose because, rather than ushering in peace, the cessation of hostilities brought a new fear, the cold war. The History Channel's 2 DVD set entitled, "Sputnik Mania" shows just how fear permeated throughout the society of the United [...]
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25 June 2009
Book Review: Venus and Mercury
Have you ever been inspired by the two planets Mercury and Venus? If so, Peter Grego's book "Venus and Mercury and How to Observe Them" brings to us much of what we've learned about them and much of how each of us can learn some more. Mercury and Venus are the two planets closer to [...]
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24 June 2009
Book Review: Saturn I/IB
Before the Saturn IV rocket, there was the Saturn I and Saturn IB. These helped pave the way to the Moon as shown by Alan Lawrie in his book entitled 'Saturn I/IB – The Complete Manufacturing and Test Records'. Though usually hidden in the shine of its illustrious successor, these launch systems were a vital [...]
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23 June 2009
Book Review: Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars
With warmer weather returning to the Earth's northern hemisphere, we can again venture forth under the night sky for pleasant star gazing. If you're just beginning this pastime and are planning to rely upon binoculars, then you should also consider Stephen O'Meara's book, "Observing the Night Sky with Binoculars – A Simple Guide to the [...]
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22 June 2009
Book Review: the science book
The "science book" by National Geographic shows just how 'incredibly, unbelievably, immeasurably cool' science is. With a format little changed from countless encyclopaedias, this book provides the reader with a huge expanse of our accumulated knowledge. From star shine to number systems and from behavioural patterns to fracture tectonics, it's all science and it's in [...]
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21 June 2009
DVD Review: Hawaiian Starlight
Hawaii beckons the weary winter resident who's searching for some relaxing moments on soft beaches while gentle sounds drift across with the breeze. The Big Island, with its high peaks and occasional dustings of snow, seldom attracts the Honolulu-bound pleasure seekers. But Jean-Charles Cuillandre has made a cinematic symphony that has another Hawaii based way [...]
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20 June 2009
Book Reviews: The Cambridge Double Star Atlas
Some of the best tourist discoveries occur off the beaten track. Plan to go somewhere, choose a fortuitous route and voila, a petite patch of paradise opens up in front of you. The same can be true for planning a night of star hunting. Dial coordinates into a 'go-to' satellite and you will immediately see [...]
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19 June 2009
Book Review: The NASA Northrop T-38
Spend enough time with anything and it begins to acquire a personality beyond its mere physical presence. If your life relies upon that particular object, as with a pilot and their plane, then the intensity of the relationship increases even more. The consequence, as shown in the book "The NASA Northrop T-38, Photographic Art from [...]
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