Ad Astra 2018 Spring (Volume 30 Number 2)
- 16
JOHN YOUNG: THE QUIET MAN
By Clifford R. McMurray - 18
THE NSS SPACE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM TAKES OFF AGAIN
By Stevan Akerley, Loretta Hall, and Jeff Smith - 20
JEFF BEZOS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF SPACE
By Bruce Pittman - 24
THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL SPACES: RAJIV UTTAMCHANDANI
By Brittany Fetkin - 24
A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin - 26
THE WORD THAT CHANGED MY VIEW OF EVERYTHING
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D. - 28
A PASSION FOR STEAM: A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRONAUT NICOLE STOTT
By Brittany Fetkin - 30
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S SPACEMEN
By Geoff Notkin - 34
WHY COLONIZE MARS
By Shaun Moss - 38
LEARNING TO ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 40
HEAVY METAL: FALCON HEAVY’S SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OPENS NEW VISTAS
By John F. Kross - 46
THE DAY MARS DIED
The Historic Journey of Mariner 4
By Rod Pyle - 50
BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: ROUND TWO
SLS vs Falcon Heavy vs New Glenn
By Dale L. Skran - 56
“ARTEMIS”
A Conversation with Andy Weir, Part 1
With Rod Pyle - 60
THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman
- 5
Letter from the Managing Editor
AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
By Aggie Kobrin - 7
From the Executive Committee Chair
THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
By Mark Hopkins - 62
PACIFIC RIM CHAPTERS WILL BE PROMINENT AT ISDC 2018
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 64
BIG IDEAS EMERGE FROM THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Rod Pyle
- 66
BOOKS
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, by Scott Kelly
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Artemis, by Andy Weir
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee - 68
NSS CHAPTERS
Ad Astra 2018 Spring (Volume 30 Number 2)
- 16
JOHN YOUNG: THE QUIET MAN
By Clifford R. McMurray - 18
THE NSS SPACE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM TAKES OFF AGAIN
By Stevan Akerley, Loretta Hall, and Jeff Smith - 20
JEFF BEZOS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF SPACE
By Bruce Pittman - 24
THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL SPACES: RAJIV UTTAMCHANDANI
By Brittany Fetkin - 24
A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin - 26
THE WORD THAT CHANGED MY VIEW OF EVERYTHING
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D. - 28
A PASSION FOR STEAM: A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRONAUT NICOLE STOTT
By Brittany Fetkin - 30
ALL THE PRESIDENT’S SPACEMEN
By Geoff Notkin - 34
WHY COLONIZE MARS
By Shaun Moss - 38
LEARNING TO ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 40
HEAVY METAL: FALCON HEAVY’S SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OPENS NEW VISTAS
By John F. Kross - 46
THE DAY MARS DIED
The Historic Journey of Mariner 4
By Rod Pyle - 50
BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: ROUND TWO
SLS vs Falcon Heavy vs New Glenn
By Dale L. Skran - 56
“ARTEMIS”
A Conversation with Andy Weir, Part 1
With Rod Pyle - 60
THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman
- 5
Letter from the Managing Editor
AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
By Aggie Kobrin - 7
From the Executive Committee Chair
THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
By Mark Hopkins - 62
PACIFIC RIM CHAPTERS WILL BE PROMINENT AT ISDC 2018
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 64
BIG IDEAS EMERGE FROM THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Rod Pyle
- 66
BOOKS
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery, by Scott Kelly
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Artemis, by Andy Weir
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee - 68
NSS CHAPTERS