Ad Astra 2013 Spring (Volume 25 Number 1)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
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CURIOSITY ON MARS
By Marianne Dyson - 20
NASA’S INVESTMENT PAYS OFF:
ISS Resupply Goes Commercial
by Tim Baily - 24
DEVELOPING CISLUNAR SPACE USING THE COTS MODEL
By Bruce Pittman and Dr. Daniel J. Rasky - 30
BECOMING A NEXT GENERATION SPACE INDUSTRIAL POWER
A Five Point Plan
By Charles E. Miller - 34
REPORT ON THE 100 YEAR STARSHIP
2012 Public Symposium
By Sherry Bell, PhD - 38
SPS-ALPHA:
A Novel Approach to Practical Space Solar Power
By John C. Mankins - 42
MARVELOUS MOON DAYS
An NSS North Texas Chapter Annual Event
By Ken Murphy - 44
COLLABORATING FOR OUR FUTURE IN SPACE
The 2013 International Space Development Conference
By Dave Dressler - 47
THE FRUITS OF A SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST
By Al Globus
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LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
The Greatest Gift
By Paul Damphousse - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENT
NSS Collection at the New Mexico Space History Museum
By Dale Amon - 11
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 12
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Join the National Space Society on Social Media
By Brice Russ - 46
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Long-Run Implications of a Successful Space Solar Power Program
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and Astronaut, by William R. Pogue
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Frontier, by W. Patrick McCray
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 33 Lands
Ad Astra 2013 Spring (Volume 25 Number 1)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
- 14
CURIOSITY ON MARS
By Marianne Dyson - 20
NASA’S INVESTMENT PAYS OFF:
ISS Resupply Goes Commercial
by Tim Baily - 24
DEVELOPING CISLUNAR SPACE USING THE COTS MODEL
By Bruce Pittman and Dr. Daniel J. Rasky - 30
BECOMING A NEXT GENERATION SPACE INDUSTRIAL POWER
A Five Point Plan
By Charles E. Miller - 34
REPORT ON THE 100 YEAR STARSHIP
2012 Public Symposium
By Sherry Bell, PhD - 38
SPS-ALPHA:
A Novel Approach to Practical Space Solar Power
By John C. Mankins - 42
MARVELOUS MOON DAYS
An NSS North Texas Chapter Annual Event
By Ken Murphy - 44
COLLABORATING FOR OUR FUTURE IN SPACE
The 2013 International Space Development Conference
By Dave Dressler - 47
THE FRUITS OF A SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST
By Al Globus
- 9
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
The Greatest Gift
By Paul Damphousse - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENT
NSS Collection at the New Mexico Space History Museum
By Dale Amon - 11
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 12
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Join the National Space Society on Social Media
By Brice Russ - 46
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Long-Run Implications of a Successful Space Solar Power Program
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and Astronaut, by William R. Pogue
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and a Limitless Frontier, by W. Patrick McCray
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 33 Lands