Mark Mortimer
The Future of the Universe
Life was so much simpler when a person's world extended no further than a long day's walk, while a night…
Book Review: What’s Out There
Another space shuttle launch. Another truss for the space station. Where's this activity leading us? The easy answer is, 'to…
Contact with Alien Civilizations
Beep, beep, bop, be-bop. These could represent a new song or a communication from intelligent species on another world. With…
Book Review: Pluto and Beyond
Great riches can buy you a yacht, a mansion or even an observatory. Percival Lowell went for the later and…
Book Review: Space Invaders
Robots are our autonomous surrogates. They faithfully travel wherever we fear to tread. Michel van Pelt in his book, Space…
Book Review: The Space Shuttle and Project Constellation
Humankind has five senses. Though eyesight provides us with most of our information, truly believing usually relies on the tactile…
Book Review: Brave New Universe
A steady progression of space borne and Earth-based telescopes bring long ago, far away events into our common perspective. We…
Book Review: Driving To Mars
Trial and error is for tinkering. Simulations and analogues replace them for when grander projects are contemplated. William L. Fox…
Book Reviews: Mars a Technical Tale / Reference Guide to the ISS
Apogee Books have cornered themselves a great niche in publishing books related to space. Their offerings span from the most…
Book Review: Many Worlds in One
Does math lead physics or physics lead math? If observing is the source of your information, then physics leads. But,…