Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 3)
ON THE COVER: Pack your bags and head for space! Photo illustration by Andrew Ladson.
Featured Articles:
- 16
Access to Space
The Key to Space Travel
By T. A. Heppenheimer - 18
Space Tourism: Waiting for the Golden Age
By Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director, X Prize Foundation - 21
When a Ticket to Ride?
Public perceptions of space as citizen space travel’s greatest obstacle.
By Amy Paige Snyder - 24
Target: Red Planet
NASA’s Advanced Mars Exploration Program and the challenge of a sample return.
By Richard Wagner - 29
Shenzhou-2: A Status Report
Despite its modest resources, China promises to be a major player in space as the new millennium unfolds.
By Andrew J. LePage - 32
America and NASA
What are the Nation’s perceptions of NASA? University of Texas students team up with NASA to find out.
By James Osimo - 34
Youth for Space in Turkey
By The Space Research Working Group
- 2 Chairman’s Message
- 3 Letters
- 4 Mission Control
- 12 NSS Chapters
- 14 NSS in Action
- 15 Countdown
- 44 Center for Lunar Research
- 48 Spacefaring
Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 3)
ON THE COVER: Pack your bags and head for space! Photo illustration by Andrew Ladson.
Featured Articles:
- 16
Access to Space
The Key to Space Travel
By T. A. Heppenheimer - 18
Space Tourism: Waiting for the Golden Age
By Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director, X Prize Foundation - 21
When a Ticket to Ride?
Public perceptions of space as citizen space travel’s greatest obstacle.
By Amy Paige Snyder - 24
Target: Red Planet
NASA’s Advanced Mars Exploration Program and the challenge of a sample return.
By Richard Wagner - 29
Shenzhou-2: A Status Report
Despite its modest resources, China promises to be a major player in space as the new millennium unfolds.
By Andrew J. LePage - 32
America and NASA
What are the Nation’s perceptions of NASA? University of Texas students team up with NASA to find out.
By James Osimo - 34
Youth for Space in Turkey
By The Space Research Working Group
- 2 Chairman’s Message
- 3 Letters
- 4 Mission Control
- 12 NSS Chapters
- 14 NSS in Action
- 15 Countdown
- 44 Center for Lunar Research
- 48 Spacefaring
