Ad Astra 2012 Summer (Volume 24 Number 2)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
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STRATOLAUNCHING INTO SPACE
By Marc Kaufman - 18
FIRST AMERICAN IN ORBIT
By Clifford R. McMurray - 22
VICTORY IN SPACE:
The Story of L5/NSS and Commercial Human Spaceflight
By Dale Amon - 26
NEWSPACE AND BIG ROCKET
An Interview with XCOR CEO Jeff Greason
By Douglas Messier - 30
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE 2012 LEGISLATIVE BLITZ
By Kevin Simmons - 34
NSS IN ACTION: Board Candidate Statements
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LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the National Space Society
By Paul Damphousse - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS’ 25TH ANNIVERSARY - 12
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT UPDATE - Lawmaking Standards for Space Governance
By David G. Shrunk - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
First Major International Space Solar Power Organization includes the National Space Society
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Megacatastrophes: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End, by David Darling and Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Reviewed by Tierney O’Dea - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Eastern seaboard at night
Ad Astra 2012 Summer (Volume 24 Number 2)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
- 14
STRATOLAUNCHING INTO SPACE
By Marc Kaufman - 18
FIRST AMERICAN IN ORBIT
By Clifford R. McMurray - 22
VICTORY IN SPACE:
The Story of L5/NSS and Commercial Human Spaceflight
By Dale Amon - 26
NEWSPACE AND BIG ROCKET
An Interview with XCOR CEO Jeff Greason
By Douglas Messier - 30
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE 2012 LEGISLATIVE BLITZ
By Kevin Simmons - 34
NSS IN ACTION: Board Candidate Statements
- 8
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the National Space Society
By Paul Damphousse - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS’ 25TH ANNIVERSARY - 12
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT UPDATE - Lawmaking Standards for Space Governance
By David G. Shrunk - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
First Major International Space Solar Power Organization includes the National Space Society
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
Megacatastrophes: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End, by David Darling and Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think, by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Reviewed by Tierney O’Dea - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Eastern seaboard at night
