I am pleased to report that the Emme Award Panel has selected Michael J. Neufeld as the recipient of the 2007 Emme Award for Astronautical Literature for [i]Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War[/i] (Knopf).
I would also like to identify and acknowledge the other finalists for the 2007 award: [list][*]D'Antonio, Michael. [i]A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957 -- The Space Race Begins[/i] (Simon & Schuster)
[*]French, Francis and Colin Burgess. [i]Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965[/i] and [i]In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965-1969[/i]. (The first two volumes in a series by University of Nebraska Press)
[*]Hunley, J.D. [i]The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. Space-Launch Vehicles, 1926-1991[/i] (Texas A&M University Press)
[*]Johnson-Freese, Joan. [i]Space As a Strategic Asset[/i] (Columbia University Press)
[*]Lipartito, Kenneth and Orville R. Butler. [i]A History of the Kennedy Space Center[/i] (University Press of Florida)[/list]