Ad Astra 2016 Spring (Volume 28 Number 1)
Cover image: The Grand Prize winner of the Space Settlement Design contest is shown on this issue’s cover.
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NSS’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2016 IN PUERTO RICO - 18
HUMANS ORBITING MARS
A Critical Step in a Sustainable, Executable, and Affordable Mars Exploration Campaign
By John Logsdon and Casey Dreier - 24
HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO MARS
By Dale L. Skran - 30
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: TESTBED FOR DEEP-SPACE MISSIONS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 34
IS THE CHINA SPACE STATION THE NEW ISS?
By Mark Williamson - 38
SPACE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK:
What Happens in the Atmosphere as You Ascend to the Stars
By Paul Contursi - 42
THE ART OF LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE SETTLEMENTS:
Winners of the Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest By Lynne F. Zielinski - 44
TOUCHING STUDENTS’ LIVES:
Space Settlement Teachers Acieve NSS Excellence Awards
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 45
CONSTRUCTING SPACE HABITATS
The NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
By Lynne F. Zielinski
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
New NSS International Chapter in India Founded in Honor of Dr. Kalam
By Karishma Inamdar, President and Founder - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Congratulates Blue Origin on First Return to Launch Site of New Shepard - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
China, the National Space Society, and Space Solar Power
By Mark Hopkins - 47
SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
Space Colonization: “What are we waiting for?”
By Keith Brian Lewis
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BOOKS
Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, by Doug Millard (Editor)
Reviewed by Christopher Skillman
A Passion for Space: Adventures of a Pioneering Female NASA Flight Controller, by Marianne J. Dyson
Reviewed by Claire Stephens McMurray - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Clear Skies Over the United States
Ad Astra 2016 Spring (Volume 28 Number 1)
Cover image: The Grand Prize winner of the Space Settlement Design contest is shown on this issue’s cover.
- 12
NSS’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2016 IN PUERTO RICO - 18
HUMANS ORBITING MARS
A Critical Step in a Sustainable, Executable, and Affordable Mars Exploration Campaign
By John Logsdon and Casey Dreier - 24
HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO MARS
By Dale L. Skran - 30
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: TESTBED FOR DEEP-SPACE MISSIONS
By Clifford R. McMurray - 34
IS THE CHINA SPACE STATION THE NEW ISS?
By Mark Williamson - 38
SPACE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK:
What Happens in the Atmosphere as You Ascend to the Stars
By Paul Contursi - 42
THE ART OF LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE SETTLEMENTS:
Winners of the Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest By Lynne F. Zielinski - 44
TOUCHING STUDENTS’ LIVES:
Space Settlement Teachers Acieve NSS Excellence Awards
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 45
CONSTRUCTING SPACE HABITATS
The NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
By Lynne F. Zielinski
- 7
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
New NSS International Chapter in India Founded in Honor of Dr. Kalam
By Karishma Inamdar, President and Founder - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Congratulates Blue Origin on First Return to Launch Site of New Shepard - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
China, the National Space Society, and Space Solar Power
By Mark Hopkins - 47
SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
Space Colonization: “What are we waiting for?”
By Keith Brian Lewis
- 48
BOOKS
Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, by Doug Millard (Editor)
Reviewed by Christopher Skillman
A Passion for Space: Adventures of a Pioneering Female NASA Flight Controller, by Marianne J. Dyson
Reviewed by Claire Stephens McMurray - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Clear Skies Over the United States
