Technical Books
Engineering and physics of building space infrastructure — from orbital rings and mass drivers to propulsion, habitats, and generational ships. Rigorous enough to teach from; accessible enough to read cover-to-cover.
AST-T1
Orbital Ring, Mass Driver, and Space Elevator Engineering
3 Volumes
Mass transit to space: orbital ring, mass driver, and space elevator engineering.
AST-T2
Propulsion Systems and the MIA Drive
Ion propulsion and the Mass Ion Accelerator (MIA) drive.
AST-T3
Living in Space
O'Neill cylinders, Venus floating cities, lunar, asteroid, and gas giant moon mining.
AST-T4
Generational Ships
Designing ships and societies for multi-generation interstellar voyages.
AST-T5
The Full Picture
System-level integration of all components across the technical series.