90 Publications (Space)
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This article is from the Space FAQ, by Jon Leech leech@cs.unc.edu and Mark Bradford tla@surly.org with numerous contributions by others.
90 Publications (Space)
Ad Astra - bimonthly glossy magazine published by the National Space
Society; broad range of articles and columns on space technology,
politics, science, law, etc. See membership info for NSS in "GROUPS"
section above.
Aerospace Daily (McGraw-Hill)
Very good coverage of aerospace and space issues. Approx. $1400/yr.
Air & Space / Smithsonian (bimonthly magazine) - A glossy magazine,
generally light reading; the emphasis is much more on aviation than
on space. Contains information about all events at the National Air
& Space Museum.
Box 53261
Boulder, CO 80332-3261
$18/year US, $24/year international
Aviation Week & Space Technology - weekly aerospace trade, emphasis on
aeronautics but usually has several space-related articles. Rates
depend on whether you're "qualified" or not, which basically means
whether you look at the ads for cruise missiles out of curiosity, or
out of genuine commercial or military interest. Best write for a
"qualification card" and try to get the cheap rate.
1221 Ave. of the Americas,
New York NY 10020
(800)-525-5003 (US only, international (609)426-7070)
$82/year US (qualified)
$58/year if you qualify for the unadvertised student subscription
rate - I (Jon Leech) got this rate by begging and pleading to a
McGraw-Hill representative at the SIGGRAPH '92 conference.
ESA (various) - The European Space Agency publishes a variety of
periodicals, generally available free of charge, including the
quarterly ESA Bulletin, with status reports on major projects,
feature articles, and lists of technical papers and publications. A
document with details is in
ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/leech/FAQ/ESAPublications
Final Frontier (mass-market bimonthly magazine) - history, book reviews,
general-interest articles (e.g. "The 7 Wonders of the Solar System",
"Everything you always wanted to know about military space
programs", etc.)
Final Frontier Publishing Co.
PO Box 534
Mt. Morris, IL 61054-7852
$14.95/year US, $19.95 Canada, $23.95 elsewhere
Journal of the Astronautical Sciences and Space Times - publications of
the American Astronautical Society. No details.
AAS Business Office
6352 Rolling Mill Place, Suite #102
Springfield, VA 22152
(703)-866-0020
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Spaceflight -
publications of the BIS; see their entry under "GROUPS".
Journal of Practical Applications in Space - published by High Frontier
Inc, and the Space Transportation Assn. Has addressed such issues as
solar power satellites, technology and national security, cleaning
low Earth orbit, ballistic missile defenses, space tourism and space
propulsion. The journal was the first to publish hard numbers on the
single-stage-to-orbit concept.
Authors have included: Mr. G. Harry Stine, Dr. Robert Forward, Mr
Steve Hoeser, Dr. Klaus Heiss, Dr. Philip Harris, Dr. Buzz Aldrin,
Dr. Peter Glaser, Jerry Pournelle.
The journal is a forum for those who use space technology "to
provide for the common defense and promote general welfare" of our
country, the Free World, and eventually all mankind.
Journal of Practical Applications in Space,
2800 Shirlington Road - Suite 405A
Arlington, VA 22206
(703)-671-4111
(703)-931-6432 (fax)
$30/year (4 issues) personal, $200/year institutions.
Foreign add $10/year for airmail.
GPS World (semi-monthly) - reports on current and new uses of GPS, news
and analysis of the system and policies affecting it, and technical
and product issues shaping GPS applications.
GPS World
859 Willamette St.
P.O. Box 10460
Eugene, OR 97440-2460
(503)-343-1200
$59/year US.
Innovation (Space Technology) -- Free (request by email to
innovation@hq.nasa.gov). Published by the NASA Office of Space
Access and Technology. A revised version of the NASA Office of
Commercial Programs newsletter.
Planetary Encounter - in-depth technical coverage of planetary missions,
with diagrams, lists of experiments, interviews with people directly
involved.
World Spaceflight News - in-depth technical coverage of near-Earth
spaceflight. Mostly covers the shuttle: payload manifests, activity
schedules, and post-mission assessment reports for every mission.
Henry Spencer comments: WSN and PE have recently (mid-92) mutated
into much more expensive weekly newsletters, filled mostly with
stuff that's already available to most sci.space readers in
sci.space.news. There is still interesting content at times, but the
signal/noise and benefit/cost ratios have deteriorated pretty badly.
I can no longer recommend them.
Box 98
Sewell, NJ 08080
$30/year US/Canada
$45/year elsewhere
Quest - Described by Thomas J. Frieling
(tfrielin@catfish.bbc.PeachNet.EDU) as "a worthwhile attempt at a
space history magazine for informed readers (not mass market a la
Final Frontier) Write to Glen Swanson for a press kit and sample
issues."
Glen Swanson
CSPACE Press
PO Box 9331
Grand Rapids, MI 49509-0331
(616)-452-5500
Russian Space News (biweekly newsletter) - English translation of the
Russian publication. Daily Mir reports, coverage of launches from
Baikonur & Plesetsk, news from the Cosmonaut training center,
coverage of civilian & military unmanned spacecraft. Free sample
copies on request.
Tranquest Corporation
PO Box 30208
Cleveland, OH 44130
(800)-929-8953 (US only, international (216)-962-3400)
(216)-888-3992 (fax)
email: charles@tranquest.com
$75/year US/Canada/Mexico (individual), $90 elsewhere
$175/year (institutional, everywhere)
SETIQuest (quarterly magazine/email) - News, technical information, and
tutorials devoted to bioastronomy and its subset, SETI (Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence). Free sample issue on request to:
SETIQuest Inquiries, Department EX
Helmers Publishing
174 Concord Street
Peterborough, NH 03458-0874
(603)-924-9631
(603)-924-7408 (fax)
email: SQINQEX@pixelacres.mv.com
Space (bi-monthly magazine)
British aerospace trade journal. Very good. $75/year.
Space Calendar (weekly newsletter, available by fax only)
Parker Publications Ltd.
42 Keephatch Road
Wokingham
Berks RG11 1QD
UNITED KINGDOM
Space Daily/Space Fax Daily (newsletter)
Short (1 paragraph) news notes. Available online for a fee
(unknown).
Space Technology Investor/Commercial Space News -- irregular Internet
column on aspects of commercial space business. Free. Also limited
fax and paper edition.
P.O. Box 2452
Seal Beach, CA 90740-1452.
Space News (weekly magazine) - covers US civil and military space
programs. Said to have good political and business but spotty
technical coverage.
Space News
6883 Commercial Drive
Springfield VA 22159-0500
(703)-642-7330
$89/year US, $130 Canada, $155 elsewhere. May have a student
discount and discounts for NSS/SSI members.
Space Power: Resources, Manufacturing & Development - technical journal
focusing on Solar Power Satellites.
Council for Economic and Social Studies
1133 13th NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 371-2700 Voice (x1523 Fax)
All the following are published by:
Phillips Business Information, Inc.
7811 Montrose Road
Potomac, MD 20854
Aerospace Financial News - $595/year.
Defense Daily - Very good coverage of space and defense issues.
$1495/year.
Space Business News (bi-weekly) - Very good overview of space
business activities. Recently merged with Space Exploration
Technology and Space Station News. $595/year.
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