Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)

Really enjoying this read. Detailed information on the Soviet/Russian program that was previously not available.

This is a "dad book" in the best possible way: a deep dive into a technical domain, told thoroughly, but with amusing anecdotes and charming asides to get you through the dry bits. I don't consider myself a space expert, but even as someone reasonably well informed about human spaceflight, I learned a lot from this book, especially the fascinating, extensive, and occasionally alarming history of the Soviet and Russian space stations. Anyway, space is awesome, space stations are awesome, what's not to like?

Jay's book is a welcome chronology of the development of Space Station technology beginning with the Soviet Union's first steps in the 1960's to the current International Space Station. The Soviets took the lead (mostly in secret) in developing the means and learning the difficult lessons of living in micro-gravity for long periods. It was not without risk but the rewards gave them an early lead. America's Skylab program as wells as the cooperation needed to get US astronauts on the MIR space station are also covered. This book fills in the gaps on the evolution of living in space and I enjoyed it immensely.

Author is my nephew, but even if not, the book was easy to understand for even a novice of space travel and space living. In fact, it was fascinating for this great grandma! I got to observe how the author researched significantly while writing the book. And I was able to get an autograph as well!

Most thorough coverage in one book out their, yet an easy and compelling read.Only hard part is all the Russian names.

Learning to understand.

Really enjoyed this in depth history of space stations. Highly recommend for any space buffs out there!

I don't know what these other reviews are gushing about, but I found the book to be very boring and it contained nothing that wasn't already well-known just from watching a couple of NASA documentaries on PBS. What a disappointment. Save your money and move on to something better written than this.