Ad Astra Winter 2018

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

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