I’m pleased to announce that we are going ahead with a second edition of the book, “N-1 for the Moon and Mars”.
If you would like to be kept informed of progress, I have set up a newsletter that will report details, and share some early views of new content. You can sign up here:
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I expect to post short updates every week or two.
The first edition has been pretty much impossible to get hold of for some time, with stupid money being asked for a copy.
What will be added in the new edition?
It’s still being finalised, but things we are confident we will be able to include are:
- Many, many new photographs of the rockets and other Crewed Lunar hardware, at superb quality.
- More and larger photos of relics, from Vladimir Antipov.
- Coverage and plans of the other rockets considered for the program, such as the UR-700 and the R-56.
- Plans, photos and renders of the test versions of the LK Lander.
- Other, unbuilt versions of the N-1 with plans and renders, including the original design version, (with 3 different fairing configurations), the advanced version with liquid hydrogen upper stages, and fluorine upper stages.
- Plans and renders of the original mission profile, using multiple launches of the lower power, “Mark Zero” N-1, with tanker craft, and the 7K-L3 Soyuz version.
- The G-1-E version, The CIA concept of what the N-1 looked like.
- Major upgrade to the ugly little cosmonaut who kept popping up to show scale!
We are open to ideas for what else should be in there, (assuming we have the content to fulfil the request), so let me know in the comments of you have any suggestions.
So, how much? When?
Well, right now we can’t say. I’m working on the models, and many are already done. But there’s a lot to do. My current best guess is that we would have the content ready early next year, 2021.
How much? Hard to say again, but we think that the high quality photos and plans are the key part, and we want to add as many of these as we possibly can. So it’s likely to be quite a bit thicker, and a bit more expensive.
We really want to add a lot, so that people who already have the first edition will consider it good value.
Some Pictures…
And here are some pictures for you, of the kind of stuff we are working on.
Ace
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Really good stuff. Good to see Britain’s contribution included. Will you be doing any more?
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Excellent! Can I pre-order or go on a notification list? I don’t want to miss it again.
Well, it’s still a long way off, we will be doing well to be ready by the end of the year.
I haven’t got a notification list yet, (maybe I should start one), but keep an eye on the ARA Press site if you want to see when it’s getting close.
I have set up an email list, to keep people up to date with progress towards publication of “N-1 for the Moon and Mars” second edition.
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Awesome news. I am writing a novel where the N-1 is a major player and have been dreaming of finding an affordable copy of this book for a while now. I can’t wait.
Thanks for letting us know.
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Awesome! I would love to get a copy as I missed out on the first edition. I will keep an eye out but in case you will be starting a notification list I’d love to be included in it. Congratulations on such a cool project!
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Can’t wait to be able to order. That are great great news!!!
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Hey Paul, do drop me a line when your novel is out.
I will. I’m only two chapters in, I like the way it’s flowing. I expect there’s an outside chance I can beat George R. R. Martin, though. LOL!
Please sign me up. I need one as reference for the new reboot of the game Liftoff!
Fritz
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Please add me to a notification list if one is created
I’m pleasantly surprised by the level of interest here!
I’m not setting up a notification list yet, but keep an eye on this web site, or follow me on Twitter as @Nick_Stevens_Gr, https://twitter.com/Nick_Stevens_Gr
It’s stuill a long way off as there’s a lot of work to do…
TAKE MY MONEY, PLEASE!
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Super excited for this! I actually just picked up my copy of the first edition, which is what reminded me of your website! Good luck, and I can’t wait for the second edition
Wow! Last I heard it was stupid money to buy a copy of the first edition!
Any more news about the book? Don’t want to miss it, one of the best researched books on the N1!
We are shifting into high gear on the book, and Jack at ARA press is nearly ready to have it as his top priority.
We don’t have anyone approaching a date, for updates and test renders probably best to follow me on twitter.
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Anything new on the upcoming second edition guys?
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Love it. Too bad about ARA press, I’m a big fan of theirs, but Covid’s been hard on a lot of businesses.
I do want a physical book, and I would really like to see the fold-outs. Have you considered using something like Redbubble for those of us that want them?
Right now we are focused on the main print book, then it will be the eBook version.
Once we are through that we will look at what else we can do with all the stuff we have assembled.