Mark Mortimer
Book Review: Deep Space NASA Mission Reports
The Jeopardy TV game show challenges people to answer trivia questions about minutia. Being successful requires a contestant to fill…
Book Review: The Real Space Cowboys
Diaries hold the accounts of some of the dearest, most precious moments of our lives. The pleasure of a first…
Book Review: Four Astronomy Books for Kids
Sharing a passion just makes it sweeter. Getting cosy together under the stars, exploring constellations, going, 'ohh' when a meteor…
Book Review: Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon
Warfare has been the driving force for many technological advances. The Atlas booster, one of rocketry's stars, arose from such…
Book Review: Space Tourism – Adventures in Earth Orbit and Beyond
At the end of a hard day's work, taking time to enjoy the accomplishments somehow makes the blood, sweat and…
CD Review: Cosmic Fireflies
Astronauts almost unanimously speak about the wonders of their trip into space. Immediately thereafter they qualify their descriptions by bemoaning…
Book Review: The Road to Reality
Knowledge keeps on growing. In early times, like the cavemen era, people put their hands near fire and understood 'hot'.…
DVD Review: Enterprise Season 1 DVD
I heard on the radio today someone bemoaning the fact that, after 18 years, they will no longer have new…
Book Review: Light This Candle
Alan Shepard flew first in the United States' space program and second overall in the space race. A brief 15…
Book Review: Night Sky Atlas
Knowing where to go involves exploring or using a map. Rather than reinventing the wheel, so to speak, everyone looks…