Ad Astra 2018 Winter (Volume 30 Number 1)
- 8
ISDC 2018: IN LA AND BETTER THAN EVER - 16
SPACE BUSINESS CHALLENGES
By Marianne Dyson - 18
THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman - 20
THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOT EXPLORERS
By Steve Murray - 24
A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin - 28
Out of the Ashes:
SPACEX ROCKETS TO A RECORD YEAR
By Dale Skran - 30
To the Stars, with Logic
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERMAN RUBIN
By Peter J. Schubert, PhD - 31
SPACE TUGS AT THE MOON
Commercial Delivery of Lunar Payloads on the Horizon
By John F. Kross - 32
AFTER ISS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 36
NEW RIDES TO THE MOON
By Dale L. Skran - 40
SPACE SETTLEMENT: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
By Rod Pyle - 44
HEAVEN’S GATE
Government and Industry Return to the Moon
By John F. Kross - 48
THE DEFINITIVE TOP TEN SPACE INFLUENCERS FOR 2017
By Rod Pyle
- 7
From the Executive Committee Chair
WHAT HAS NSS DONE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
By Mark Hopkins - 56
TOP ACTIVITIES: NSS WEST COAST CHAPTERS
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 58
THE TEXAS-CENTRAL REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
By Clifford R. McMurray and Claire S. McMurray - 60
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE SOLAR POWER STUDENT PROJECT COMPETITION
By John C. Mankins
- 62
BOOKS
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed, by Scott Parazynski
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System, by Michael Summers and James Trefil
Reviewed by Loretta Hall - 64
NSS CHAPTERS
Ad Astra 2018 Winter (Volume 30 Number 1)
- 8
ISDC 2018: IN LA AND BETTER THAN EVER - 16
SPACE BUSINESS CHALLENGES
By Marianne Dyson - 18
THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman - 20
THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOT EXPLORERS
By Steve Murray - 24
A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin - 28
Out of the Ashes:
SPACEX ROCKETS TO A RECORD YEAR
By Dale Skran - 30
To the Stars, with Logic
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERMAN RUBIN
By Peter J. Schubert, PhD - 31
SPACE TUGS AT THE MOON
Commercial Delivery of Lunar Payloads on the Horizon
By John F. Kross - 32
AFTER ISS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 36
NEW RIDES TO THE MOON
By Dale L. Skran - 40
SPACE SETTLEMENT: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
By Rod Pyle - 44
HEAVEN’S GATE
Government and Industry Return to the Moon
By John F. Kross - 48
THE DEFINITIVE TOP TEN SPACE INFLUENCERS FOR 2017
By Rod Pyle
- 7
From the Executive Committee Chair
WHAT HAS NSS DONE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
By Mark Hopkins - 56
TOP ACTIVITIES: NSS WEST COAST CHAPTERS
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 58
THE TEXAS-CENTRAL REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
By Clifford R. McMurray and Claire S. McMurray - 60
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE SOLAR POWER STUDENT PROJECT COMPETITION
By John C. Mankins
- 62
BOOKS
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed, by Scott Parazynski
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System, by Michael Summers and James Trefil
Reviewed by Loretta Hall - 64
NSS CHAPTERS