Ad Astra 2021 Summer (Volume 33 Number 3)
- 18
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Starship and the Space Launch System
By John F. Kross - 25
A SIX-DECADE QUEST FOR SPACEFLIGHT
By Loretta Hall - 30
ASTRONAUT OR NOT?
By Rod Pyle - 35
A SPACE SETTLEMENT PRIMER
By Melissa Silva - 42
SOLAR SYSTEM SOCIAL DISTANCING
Planetary Protection in the NewSpace Era
By John F. Kross - 50
WHAT’S IN AN ACRONYM?
Inside NASA’s NIAC Program for Advanced Technology
By Melissa Silva - 53
ATOMIC ROCKETS AT LAST!
By Melissa Silva - 56
MEDICINE IN THE SPACE FRONTIER
Profiling Dr. Shawna Pandya
By Robin Scott
- 9
From the Editor: FLASH FORWARD: A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE IN SPACEFLIGHT
By Rod Pyle - 11
From the NSS Chairman of the Board of Governors
WE ARE ALL STARDUST
By Karlton Johnson - 15
DISRUPTION BY DESIGN
Why the Story of Space Settlement Has Yet to Be Written
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
- 60
BOOKS - Developing Space by John F. Strickland
Reviewed by Casey Suire - Shuttle Mission Control, by Marianne J. Dyson
Reviewed by Emily Carney - Astronaut Al Travels to the Moon, by Al Worden and Francis French
Reviewed by Rod Pyle - 63
NSS CHAPTERS
Ad Astra 2021 Summer (Volume 33 Number 3)
- 18
CLASH OF THE TITANS
Starship and the Space Launch System
By John F. Kross - 25
A SIX-DECADE QUEST FOR SPACEFLIGHT
By Loretta Hall - 30
ASTRONAUT OR NOT?
By Rod Pyle - 35
A SPACE SETTLEMENT PRIMER
By Melissa Silva - 42
SOLAR SYSTEM SOCIAL DISTANCING
Planetary Protection in the NewSpace Era
By John F. Kross - 50
WHAT’S IN AN ACRONYM?
Inside NASA’s NIAC Program for Advanced Technology
By Melissa Silva - 53
ATOMIC ROCKETS AT LAST!
By Melissa Silva - 56
MEDICINE IN THE SPACE FRONTIER
Profiling Dr. Shawna Pandya
By Robin Scott
- 9
From the Editor: FLASH FORWARD: A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE IN SPACEFLIGHT
By Rod Pyle - 11
From the NSS Chairman of the Board of Governors
WE ARE ALL STARDUST
By Karlton Johnson - 15
DISRUPTION BY DESIGN
Why the Story of Space Settlement Has Yet to Be Written
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
- 60
BOOKS - Developing Space by John F. Strickland
Reviewed by Casey Suire - Shuttle Mission Control, by Marianne J. Dyson
Reviewed by Emily Carney - Astronaut Al Travels to the Moon, by Al Worden and Francis French
Reviewed by Rod Pyle - 63
NSS CHAPTERS
