I enjoyed Andy Weir’s two previous books, so I guess it’s not a surprise that I enjoyed this one too. I feel like this one is closer to The Martian than to Artemis, so perhaps Weir is finding his sweet spot in terms of content choices. This book follows a school science teacher doing foolhardy…
Tag: space
Ignition!
Whilst the chemistry was sometimes over my head, this book is an engaging summary of the history of US liquid rocket fuels during the height of the cold war. Fun to read and interesting as well. I enjoyed it. Title: Ignition! Author: John Drury Clark Genre: Technology & Engineering Release Date: 1972 Pages: 214
Redshirts
I was super excited to get my hands on the latest John Scalzi book because I’ve really liked his previous stuff. Unfortunately while this book is fun I feel that the underlying concept is pretty weak… Its more of a toy boy than something which makes you think, which is a disappointment to me. Don’t…
Ohhh, space junk
JWZ has some links to nice photos of space junk come back to earth if such things interest you.