Ad Astra 2009 Fall (Volume 21 Number 3)
On The Cover: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle.
Featured Articles:
- 15
2009: THE WORLD RETURNS TO THE MOON
Looking at the global space powers.
By Jeffrey Foust - 18
APOLLO
Rare photos from the NASA archives. - 24
CHARTING THE PATH AHEAD
A look at the Human Space Flight Committee’s Report.
By John F. Kross - 28
THE TECHNOLOGY OF APOLLO
A look at the engineering solutions required to place men on the Moon in 1969.
By Mark Williamson - 32
LION IN WINTER: The Legendary Walter Cronkite
By Miles O’Brien - 36
LOOKING BACK
The National Space Society celebrates 35 years of space advocacy.
By Frederick I. Ordway III with Joshua Powers - 38
AD ASTRA MAGAZINE: THEN AND NOW
By Marianne Dyson - 40
RESTORING HISTORY
NSS takes on a project to restore a piece of its foundation.
- 7
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Great Water Discoveries By Brett Silcox - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER - 12
CORRESPONDENCE
Before the World Looks East
by Dr. Farouk El-Baz - 41
EDITORIAL
The Future of Space Could Be LOST
By Greg Allison - 42
SPACE SETTLEMENT
The Augustine Report and the Mainstreaming of Our Space Settlement Goal
By Mark Hopkins - 43
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Time to Double Down…
By Gary Barnhard
- 44
BOOKS
Missions to the Moon, by Rod Pyle
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk
Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative, by Marsha Freeman
Reviewed by David Brandt-Erichsen - 46
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 64
SIGNING OFF
The Butterfly Nebula
Ad Astra 2009 Fall (Volume 21 Number 3)
On The Cover: Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle.
Featured Articles:
- 15
2009: THE WORLD RETURNS TO THE MOON
Looking at the global space powers.
By Jeffrey Foust - 18
APOLLO
Rare photos from the NASA archives. - 24
CHARTING THE PATH AHEAD
A look at the Human Space Flight Committee’s Report.
By John F. Kross - 28
THE TECHNOLOGY OF APOLLO
A look at the engineering solutions required to place men on the Moon in 1969.
By Mark Williamson - 32
LION IN WINTER: The Legendary Walter Cronkite
By Miles O’Brien - 36
LOOKING BACK
The National Space Society celebrates 35 years of space advocacy.
By Frederick I. Ordway III with Joshua Powers - 38
AD ASTRA MAGAZINE: THEN AND NOW
By Marianne Dyson - 40
RESTORING HISTORY
NSS takes on a project to restore a piece of its foundation.
- 7
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Great Water Discoveries By Brett Silcox - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER - 12
CORRESPONDENCE
Before the World Looks East
by Dr. Farouk El-Baz - 41
EDITORIAL
The Future of Space Could Be LOST
By Greg Allison - 42
SPACE SETTLEMENT
The Augustine Report and the Mainstreaming of Our Space Settlement Goal
By Mark Hopkins - 43
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Time to Double Down…
By Gary Barnhard
- 44
BOOKS
Missions to the Moon, by Rod Pyle
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk
Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative, by Marsha Freeman
Reviewed by David Brandt-Erichsen - 46
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 64
SIGNING OFF
The Butterfly Nebula