Some further relevant reading:   THE SPACE SHUTTLE OPERATOR'S MANUAL Joels, Kennedy, Larkin PAPERMAC 1982 ISBN 0-333-35150-9   MINING THE SKY John S. Lewis HELIX BOOKS 1996 ISBN 0-201-32819-4   US SPACESUITS Kenneth S. Thomas and Harold J. McMann PRAXIS 2006 ISBN-10 0-387-27919-9 THE CASE FOR MARS Robert Zubrin with Richard Wagner TOUCHSTONE 1996 ISBN 0-684-83550-9   THE LUNAR BASE HANDBOOK Peter Eckart McGRAW HILL 1999 ISBN 0-07-240171-0   ENTERING SPACE Robert Zubrin TARCHER-PUTNAM 1999 ISBN 1-58542-036-0     THE HIGH FRONTIER Gerard K. O'Neill APOGEE BOOKS 2000 (3rd Edition) ISBN 1-896522-67-X   ON TO MARS – Colonising a New World Robert Zubrin with Frank Crossman APOGEE BOOKS 2002 ISBN 1-896522-90-4   A TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO MARS William K. Hartmann WORKMAN PUBLISHING 2003 ISBN 0-7611-2606-6   ON TO MARS 2 – Colonising a New World Robert Zubrin with Frank Crossman APOGEE BOOKS 2005 ISBN 1-894959-30-02   REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION Gary Kitmacher APOGEE 2006 ISBN-101-894959-34-5 HOW TO LIVE ON MARS: A Trusty Guidebook to Surviving and Thriving on the Red Planet Dr. Robert Zubrin THREE RIVERS PRESS 2008 ISBN-10: 0307407187 Reviewed: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2K3D7T6XFY3Z/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm NASA – THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY Michael Gorn MERRELL 2005 ISBN 1 85894 254 3 MOONDUST Andrew Smith BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING 2005 ISBN 0-7475-6369-1   THE ART OF CHESLEY BONESTELL Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III PAPER TIGER 2001 ISBN 1 85585 905 X   SOLAR SYSTEM Peter Ryan, Ludek Pesek ALLEN LANE - PENGUIN BOOKS 1978 ISBN-10: 0713910437