Ad Astra 2017 Fall (Volume 29 Number 3)
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MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
Part 2: The Era of the Space Age
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 20
NEXT GENERATION:
– It’s About the People, by Andrew Aldrin
– MIT Students Learn the Art of Planetary Defense, by Clifford R. McMurray
– Students Participate in March Storm, by the Alliance for Space Development
– Enterprise in Space: Educating Tomorrow’s Space Inhabitants, by Alice M. Hoffman, PE
– Students Soar to International Space Station, by Dale Skran
– Students Open a Gateway to Space Settlement, by Lynne F. Zielinski - 34
NASA’S DART TARGETS TWINS FOR ASTEROID DEFENSE
By John F. Kross - 36
PRIVATIZING THE MOON
By Rod Pyle - 38
PLANTING THE FLAG: A REVIEW OF U.S. PRIORITIES IN SPACE
By Dr. Greg Autry - 42
PIONEERS OLD AND YOUNG:
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2017
By Clifford R. McMurray - 46
WORLDS WITHOUT END:
EXOPLANETS ABOUND IN NEW SURVEYS
By John F. Kross - 50
THE SPACE CHALLENGE PROJECT
By Thelma Sugay - 52
SENIOR PROM OR ASTRONAUT TRAINING?
By Geoff Notkin - 56
38 UNIVERSITIES FOR SPACE PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
By Ad Astra Editorial Team - 62
MADHU THANGAVELU
Department of Astronautical Engineering, USC
Interview by Chantelle Baier - 66
SPACEFLIGHT FOR THE PRICE OF A BMW
By Paul Shin
- 52
THE OUTER SPACE TREATY IS DOOMED
By Mark Hopkins - 53
FRANK SIETZEN JR.: IN MEMORIAM
By Keith Cowing - 68
2017 NSS AWARDS
By John K. Strickland - 70
NSS CHAPTERS PROVIDE LIVE EDUCATION
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 72
NSS DONOR WILLIAM BROPHY
By Hoyt Davidson
- 74
BOOKS
The Intrepid Saga, by M. D. Cooper
Reviewed by Brian Enke
Dream Missions: Space Colonies, Nuclear Spacecraft and Other Possibilities, by Michel van Pelt
Reviewed by Marianne Dyson - 76
NSS CHAPTERS - 80
LAST WORD: GODDARD ROCKET
Ad Astra 2017 Fall (Volume 29 Number 3)
- 14
MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
Part 2: The Era of the Space Age
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 20
NEXT GENERATION:
– It’s About the People, by Andrew Aldrin
– MIT Students Learn the Art of Planetary Defense, by Clifford R. McMurray
– Students Participate in March Storm, by the Alliance for Space Development
– Enterprise in Space: Educating Tomorrow’s Space Inhabitants, by Alice M. Hoffman, PE
– Students Soar to International Space Station, by Dale Skran
– Students Open a Gateway to Space Settlement, by Lynne F. Zielinski - 34
NASA’S DART TARGETS TWINS FOR ASTEROID DEFENSE
By John F. Kross - 36
PRIVATIZING THE MOON
By Rod Pyle - 38
PLANTING THE FLAG: A REVIEW OF U.S. PRIORITIES IN SPACE
By Dr. Greg Autry - 42
PIONEERS OLD AND YOUNG:
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2017
By Clifford R. McMurray - 46
WORLDS WITHOUT END:
EXOPLANETS ABOUND IN NEW SURVEYS
By John F. Kross - 50
THE SPACE CHALLENGE PROJECT
By Thelma Sugay - 52
SENIOR PROM OR ASTRONAUT TRAINING?
By Geoff Notkin - 56
38 UNIVERSITIES FOR SPACE PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
By Ad Astra Editorial Team - 62
MADHU THANGAVELU
Department of Astronautical Engineering, USC
Interview by Chantelle Baier - 66
SPACEFLIGHT FOR THE PRICE OF A BMW
By Paul Shin
- 52
THE OUTER SPACE TREATY IS DOOMED
By Mark Hopkins - 53
FRANK SIETZEN JR.: IN MEMORIAM
By Keith Cowing - 68
2017 NSS AWARDS
By John K. Strickland - 70
NSS CHAPTERS PROVIDE LIVE EDUCATION
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 72
NSS DONOR WILLIAM BROPHY
By Hoyt Davidson
- 74
BOOKS
The Intrepid Saga, by M. D. Cooper
Reviewed by Brian Enke
Dream Missions: Space Colonies, Nuclear Spacecraft and Other Possibilities, by Michel van Pelt
Reviewed by Marianne Dyson - 76
NSS CHAPTERS - 80
LAST WORD: GODDARD ROCKET
