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  • Saving Proxima

    by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson ...
    Series Book 1 - Orion's Arm
    The year is 2072. At the lunar farside radio observatory, an old school radio broadcast is detected, similar to those broadcast on Earth in the 1940s and early 1950s, but in an unknown language, coming from an impossible source, and originating at an equally impossible location—Proxima Centauri. While the nations of Earth debate making First Contact, they learn that the Proximans are facing an ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Mission To Methonē

    by Les Johnson ...
    The year is 2065 and an accidental encounter in space leads to the discovery that we are not alone in the universe—and that our continued existence as a species may be in jeopardy.Chris Holt, working in his office at the Space Resources Corporation, discovers that one of the asteroids he is surveying for mining is actually not an asteroid at all but a derelict spaceship. The word gets out and soon ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Spacetime War

    by Les Johnson ...
    A BRILLIANT BLEND OF MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE-LEVEL SPECULATIVE WONDER BY A WORKING SPACE SCIENTIST!NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENTHumanity has finally made it to the stars. Colony worlds thrive and there is general peace among the settled systems. Until now. Matte black ships of an advanced design appear in colonial systems. Their drives and weapons are not extremely advanced beyond ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Back to the Moon

    by Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson ...
    THE SECOND TIME AROUND—IS HARDER . . .Decades after the last footprints were left on the Moon, the U.S. was preparing to return to the Lunar surface in a new class of rockets, when the mission suddenly became much more urgent. It would have to be a rescue mission.Unbeknownst to the rest of the world China had sent its own Lunar expedition. A manned expedition. Until a distress call was received, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Going Interstellar

    Edited by Les Johnson, Jack McDevitt ...
    Essays by space scientists and engineers on the coolest ways and means to get humanity to the stars along with stories by an all-star assortment of talespinners abounding with Hugo and Nebula award winners: Ben Bova, Mike Resnick, Jack McDevitt, Michael Bishop, Sarah A. Hoyt and more.Some humans may be content staying in one place, but many of us are curious about what’s beyond the next village, ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Stellaris: People of the Stars

    Edited by Les Johnson, Robert E. Hampson ...
    NEW STORIES AND ESSAYS FROM TOP AUTHORS AND EXPERT SCIENTISTS. Explorations of how interstellar travel may affect humanity by best-selling authors and scientists.The stars will change us.STELLARIS: PEOPLE OF THE STARS is a collection of original science fiction stories and nonfiction essays speculating about humanity’s far-term expansion into the universe beyond the limits of our solar system—with ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Pluto

    by Ben Bova, Les Johnson ...
    Series Book 3 - Outer Planets Trilogy
    Hugo Award winner Ben Bova and Les Johnson complete Bova's Outer Planets series (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto)****, a Grand Tour of the human settled solar system, with a final encounter on Pluto.Major Larry Randall has been called to Pluto to retrieve Dr. Aaron Mikelson. Mikelson, no longer human after a horrific accident, is now melded to an AI. His enhanced senses have detected an alien artifact ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rescue Mode

    by Ben Bova, Les Johnson ...
    Gritty and scientifically accurate science fiction adventure from New York Times best-selling author Ben Bova and NASA space scientist Les Johnson.The first human mission to Mars meets with near-disaster when a meteoroid strikes the spacecraft, almost destroying it. The ship is too far from Earth to simply turn around and return home. The eight-person crew must ride their crippled ship to Mars ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Interstellar Travel

    After Arrival

    Edited by Les Johnson, Kenneth Roy ...
    Interstellar Travel: After Arrival is a comprehensive, technical look at the necessary considerations for settlement on an extra solar planet following interstellar travel, addressed by leading experts in the fields of space development. The book features the current and future plans for lunar, Mars, and asteroid settlement, and how what we learn from such future endeavors might apply to ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars

    by Les Johnson ...
    A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of interstellar travel, the age-old dream of venturing forth into the cosmos and perhaps even colonizing distant worlds may one day become a reality. A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars reveals how.Les Johnson ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Solar Sails

    A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel

    by Gregory L. Matloff, Giovanni Vulpetti, Les Johnson ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The reality of sunlight-based sailing in space began in May 2010, and solar sail technology and science have continued to evolve rapidly through new space missions. Using the power of the Sun's light for regular travel propulsion will be the next major leap forward in our journey to other worlds. This book is the second edition of the fascinating explanation of solar sails, how they work and how ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Harvesting Space for a Greener Earth

    by C Bangs, Les Johnson, Greg Matloff ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    What was our planet like in years past? How has our civilization affected Earth and its ecology? Harvesting Space for a Greener Planet, the Second Edition of Paradise Regained: The Regreening of the Earth, begins by discussing these questions, and then generates a scenario for the restoration of Earth. It introduces new and innovative ideas on how we could use the Solar System and its resources ... Read more

    $31.49 USD