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HistorianMom
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posted 11-15-2022 04:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for HistorianMom   Click Here to Email HistorianMom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Space Hipsters is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Space Hipsters Prize for the Best book in Astronomy, Exploration, or Space History published in 2022.

If you would like to nominate a title, please send an e-mail to Lois at HuneycuttL@missouri.edu with the subject line "Space Hipsters Book Prize."

In the body of your email we will need the following information:

  • Full title of book
  • Name of author(s)
  • Publisher & ISBN
  • A one-two paragraph description of the book that tells us why you consider the book prize-worthy.
We will accept nominations until 15 January 2023. We will accept up to twenty nominations.

FFrench
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posted 11-19-2022 03:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for FFrench     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There is a great episode of the Space And Things podcast this week about the prize.

HistorianMom
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posted 02-04-2023 02:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for HistorianMom   Click Here to Email HistorianMom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Announcing the nominees that the Space Hipsters international judging team have accepted for the 2023 Prize for the Best Book in Astronomy, Exploration, or Space History Published in 2022. We look forward to announcing the winner this Spring:
  • Arceneaux, Hayley. Wild Ride: A Memoir of I.V. Drips and Rocket Ships. Crown Publishing.

  • Burgess, Colin. Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier (Kosmos). Reaktion Books.

  • Cockell, Charles. Taxi from Another Planet: Conversations with Drivers about Life in the Universe. Harvard University Press.

  • Elkins-Tanton, Lindy. A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman: A Memoir. William Morrow Publishing.

  • Garver, Lori. Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age. Diversion Books.

  • Goldsmith, Donald, and Martin Rees. The End of Astronauts: Why Robots are the Future of Exploration. Harvard University Press.

  • Haise, Fred, and Bill Moore. Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey. Smithsonian Books.

  • Hollander, Justin. The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet. Springer-Praxis Books. (Provisional depending on availability)

  • Mackowski, Maura. Life in Space: NASA Life Sciences Research during the Late Twentieth Century. University of Florida Press.

  • Miller, Roland. The Space Shuttle: A Mission-by-Mission Celebration of NASA's Extraordinary Spaceflight Program. Artisan Books.

  • Miller, Roland, and Denis Defibaugh. Orbital Planes: A Personal Vision of the Space Shuttle: Photographs by Roland Miller. Damiani Press.

  • Roosa, Christopher. Son of Apollo: The Adventures of a Boy Whose Father Went to the Moon (Outward Odyssey series). U. of Nebraska Press.

  • Saunders, Andy. Apollo Remastered: The Ultimate Photographic Record. Black Dog & Leventhal.

  • Sheehan, William, and Sanjay Limaye. Venus. Reaktion Books.

  • Weitekamp, Margaret. Space Craze: America’s Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight. Smithsonian Books.

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