Local
Connecti
on
•12ThingstoKnowAboutSpaceExplorationbyRebeccaFelix
•13Planets:TheLatestViewoftheSolarSystembyDavidAguilar
•AmazingSolarSystemProjectsYouCanBuildYourselfbyDelanoLopez
•Astronomy:OutofThisWorld!byDanGreenandSimonBasher
•ABlackHoleIsNotaHolebyCarolynDeCristofano
AmazingSpaceQ&A.MikeGol
dsmith.J520
InsideStars.AndraSerlinAbram
sonandMordecai-MarkMacLow
.J523.8
RocketScientists.BarbaraM.
Linde.J629.1
SevenWondersofSpaceTech
nology.FredBortz.J629.4
SpaceTourism.PeterMcMaho
n.J629.47
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AstronomicalSocietyforevents,starparties
andhowtouseatelescope!Jointheregularstudentmeetingsifyouwanttogetmoreinvolved.
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