Ad Astra Summer 2018

Ad Astra 2018 Summer (Volume 30 Number 3)

  • 10
    HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?
    The Space Launch System’s Saga Continues
    By John F. Kross
  • 14
    SURVEYOR 1: PATHFINDER FOR APOLLO
    By Rod Pyle
  • 18
    LUNAR MINING
    By Elizabeth Howell
  • 20
    ASTEROIDS IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
    NASA’s Upcoming Efforts to Mitigate Threats to Earth

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    THE U.S. SPACE FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
    By Namrata Goswami
  • 28
    SPACE ELEVATORS:
    Providing Safe, Frequent Access to a “Galactic Harbour”
    By Michael Fitzgerald
  • 30
    NEXTGEN PERSPECTIVES: AYSE ORAN, DESIGNER, TURKEY
    Interview by Ad Astra Staff
  • 32
    THE MAN WHO MADE MARS ON EARTH: PASCAL LEE
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 36
    MIGHTY MOON MACHINES: THE F-1 ROCKET ENGINE
    By Rob Pyle
  • 38
    ARTEMIS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY WEIR, Part 2
    By Rod Pyle
  • 40
    REACHING FOR THE MOON:
    A Conversation with Allison Zuniga

    By Thelma Sugay
  • 42
    ISDC 2018: MORSELS FROM THE MOVABLE FEAST
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 50
    A TRIBUTE TO DAVE DUNLOP
    By Rod Pyle
  • 56
    WHY APOLLO WAS STICKY
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 7
    Letter from the Managing Editor
    AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
    By Aggie Kobrin
  • 9
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    SPACE SETTLEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE: Moon vs. moon
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 56
    CHAPTER ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON THE MOON AND CISLUNAR DEVELOPMENT
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 58
    THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY REACHES AFRICA
    By Lisa Kaspin-Powell
  • 60
    STUDENTS MEET LUMINARIES OF DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION AT ISDC 2018
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 62
    BOOKS

    The Future of Humanity
    , by Michio Kaku
    Reviewed by Loretta Hall
    Blue Gemini, by Mike Jenne
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray

  • 64
    NSS CHAPTERS

Ad Astra 2018 Summer (Volume 30 Number 3)

  • 10
    HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?
    The Space Launch System’s Saga Continues
    By John F. Kross
  • 14
    SURVEYOR 1: PATHFINDER FOR APOLLO
    By Rod Pyle
  • 18
    LUNAR MINING
    By Elizabeth Howell
  • 20
    ASTEROIDS IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
    NASA’s Upcoming Efforts to Mitigate Threats to Earth

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    THE U.S. SPACE FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
    By Namrata Goswami
  • 28
    SPACE ELEVATORS:
    Providing Safe, Frequent Access to a “Galactic Harbour”
    By Michael Fitzgerald
  • 30
    NEXTGEN PERSPECTIVES: AYSE ORAN, DESIGNER, TURKEY
    Interview by Ad Astra Staff
  • 32
    THE MAN WHO MADE MARS ON EARTH: PASCAL LEE
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 36
    MIGHTY MOON MACHINES: THE F-1 ROCKET ENGINE
    By Rob Pyle
  • 38
    ARTEMIS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY WEIR, Part 2
    By Rod Pyle
  • 40
    REACHING FOR THE MOON:
    A Conversation with Allison Zuniga

    By Thelma Sugay
  • 42
    ISDC 2018: MORSELS FROM THE MOVABLE FEAST
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 50
    A TRIBUTE TO DAVE DUNLOP
    By Rod Pyle
  • 56
    WHY APOLLO WAS STICKY
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 7
    Letter from the Managing Editor
    AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
    By Aggie Kobrin
  • 9
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    SPACE SETTLEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE: Moon vs. moon
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 56
    CHAPTER ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON THE MOON AND CISLUNAR DEVELOPMENT
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 58
    THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY REACHES AFRICA
    By Lisa Kaspin-Powell
  • 60
    STUDENTS MEET LUMINARIES OF DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION AT ISDC 2018
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 62
    BOOKS

    The Future of Humanity
    , by Michio Kaku
    Reviewed by Loretta Hall
    Blue Gemini, by Mike Jenne
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray

  • 64
    NSS CHAPTERS

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