Dinosaurs: A Journey to the Lost Kingdom – Christine Argot & Luc Vives
I picked this book up last spring or the spring before at the Smithsonian in Washington when we were going...
Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut’s Journey – Michael Collins
Collins’ book about his experiences as an astronaut in the space program is hands down not just my favorite astronaut...
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon – Charles Fishman
This is my most recent Apollo program read, and I enjoyed it very much. The author's premise is that the...
NASA Saturn V 1967-1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab) NASA Apollo 11 (Owners’ Workshop Manual)
I am such an Apollo fanboy that I have both the Saturn V and the Apollo 11 Owners' Workshop Manual...
Born On A Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant Paperback – Daniel Tammet
A friend that I'd had a discussion about Aspergers Syndrome with recently sent me this book, and I finished it...
First Man – James R. Hansen
After watching the movie and reading the annotated screenplay I decided to read the original book. While I'm very glad...
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs A New History of a Lost World – Steve Brusatte
This book got good reviews, and I thought (incorrectly) that Parker might read it, so I picked it up in...
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World – Simon Winchester
I got this book for Grayson's birthday, but (of course) read it first. It's a typical Winchester - fascinating stories...
Chariots for Apollo: The Making of the Lunar Module – Joshua Stoff & Charles R. Pellegrino
First of all, this can be a misleading book. It was originally published as Chariots for Apollo: The making of...
Flight: My Life in Mission Control – Christopher Kraft
Nope - not done with NASA just yet. Someone recently recommended this as a good book on NASA, and boy,...