In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, containing hopeful thoughts about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the worlds beyond our own and celebrations of the human ingenuity that has facilitated our understanding of the cosmos.
Includes letters by:
Buzz Aldrin, Isaac Asimov,
Marion Carpenter, Yuri Gagarin,
Ann Druyan, Stanley Kubrick,
Alexander Graham Bell, Neil DeGrasse Tyson
& many more
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Letters of Note: Space
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- 01 They Blazed a Path For The Next Generation
- 02 I am so very anxious to ‘Come Home’
- 03 The Voyager Cosmic Greeting Card
- 04 Go, Johnny, Go
- 05 To a Top Scientist
- 06 Voyage From The Earth to The Moon
- 07 E.T. Has Changed Tommy’s Life
- 08 If you are to Be, Be The First
- 09 Socialism is the Best Launching Pad For Space Flights
- 10 The Result Would be A Catastrophe
- 11 And Tears Don’t Flow The Same in Space
- 12 Knowledge Begets Knowledge
- 13 Man in Space
- 14 The Sun & The Comet was to have a Fight
- 15 My Sister Says i am an Alien
- 16 I can be Patient no Longer
- 17 I am so proud of you, Our Soviet Girl
- 18 A Highly Civilized and Intelligent Race of Beings
- 19 I’ll be Watching Over You
- 20 Confined to Earth, we Have Reached our Limits
- 21 The Proverbial ‘Really Good’ Science-Fiction Movie
- 22 Dear Son
- 23 Miss Mitchell’s Comet
- 24 Others Believe A Poet Ought to go to The Moon
- 25 It’s the Trip of a Lifetime
- 26 I may be of Some Use to The President
- 27 Make Pluto A Planet Again
- 28 In Event of Moon Disaster
- 29 I Am Clearly Suspect and Not Believable
- 30 Happy Birthday, Buddy
- Permission Credits
- Acknowledgements
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