Aeronautics Industry

Michael Turner · Guest

Your nominations appreciated, whether on-list or by private e-mail.

-michael turner
http://www.transcendentalbloviation.blogspot.com

Matt J. McCullar · Guest

The first two that come to mind:

_Carrying the Fire_ by Michael Collins. He flew on Apollo 11 and is a very
good writer. This book is not just autobiographical, it's also a good
history of the American space program.

_A Man on the Moon_ by Andrew Chaikin. The best history of the Apollo
program. The HBO TV series "From the Earth to the Moon" was based upon
this.

Monte Davis · Guest

If you started with

This New Ocean, William E. Burrows, for broad-gauge history...

....the Heavens and the Earth, Walter A. McDougall, for the political
and international angles of the first 25 years (most of which are
still operative in recognizable morphs)...

Space and the American Imagination, Howard E. McCurdy,
for the SFnal and broader cultural expectations...

And then worked out selectively from their bibliographies and notes,
you'd have covered the indispensable ground.

None of the three provides much technology geekery, astronaut
hero-worship, or Here's How Great Space Could Be Without Engineering,
Political, and Economic Constraints -- but that's what the space
newsgroups are for.

Monte Davis
http://montedavis.livejournal.com