America in Space: Nasa's First Fifty Years by Steven Dick, Robert Jacobs, Constance Moore, Ulrich Bertram
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Book Reviews of America in Space: Nasa's First Fifty Years
Book Review: An Absolute Must For Space Lovers
Summary: 5 Stars
America In Space is a book that space lovers should proudly obtain immediately and keep displayed in their living rooms for their entire lives. It is amazing. You don't get coffee table books nicer than this one.
The forward by Neil Armstrong is profound and moving, and it clearly shows how far humankind has come in terms of it's ability to travel. The pictures are even better. The first speed planes that broke the mach barriers, the early shuttles, multiple views of space, and even rare photographs of other galaxies and the formation of our universe. My personal favorite is a double leaf on pages 270-271...it's a picture you have to see to believe...and you still won't believe it.
A beautiful way to mark NASA's 50th Anniversary milestone.
Book Review: A photographic All Systems are GO !
Summary: 5 Stars
A large coffee table book containing the most comprehensive black-and-white and color photographic collection of the history of NASA I have every read. Many large unique photographs offering first hand insight of the people and equipment that put man in space. Too heavy for casual night time reading but a great photographic reference book for all ages. Very well organized with chapters from pre-NASA high speed flight testing to the Shuttle program. Highly recommended for those that wish to understand the history of the American manned space flight program.Book Review: Stupendous
Summary: 5 Stars
It's a BIG book that worths every penny. The pictures are great, some of them are well known, some where not that widely published before but the fun of having all of them in one big book is not spoiled. It's a great book even if you're not a fan of space exploration.
From the cover to the last page, this book offers unique views of earth, space, moon and mankind, describing in few words and lot of pictures Man's greatest adventure: exploring the Final Frontier, despite all odds.
Book Review: A great book
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is huge and pretty expensive. It is not for the casual reader. It is so big you have to set it on a table to look at it. Some of the pictures are classics, that you will be familiar with. But many are rare shots that you do not see often, if at all. My father worked for the space program back in the 1960's and he loves this book.Book Review: For space buffs...
Summary: 5 Stars
Big & heavy! Spectacular selection of photos (with little text). As said by another reviewer, photo 270-271 is marvellous!
IMHO this book is not like other selections of space photos that abound. I think this one somewhat summarizes in color what we (space buffs) have in text, in our bookshelves, with the appropriate image size.