Ad Astra 2015 Fall (Volume 27 Number 3)
Cover image: Image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface of Pluto. Image credit: © NASA/APL/SWRI.
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ISDC 2015: INNOVATION IN MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY
By Clifford R. McMurray - 16
BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: SLS VS. FALCON HEAVY
By Dale Skran - 22
COUNTDOWN TO PLUTO ENCOUNTER
By Clifford R. McMurray - 26
HAYABUSA2: A Significant Milestone on the Road to Space Settlements
By Dale Skran - 30
STEAM INTO SPACE: Silicon Valley STEAM Colloquium Challenges Educators
By Tiffani Crawford and Tenesa Ellis - 36
RETURN TO THE MOON INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE WORKSHOP
By Dave Dunlop - 37
NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO MITIGATE THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SPACE TRAVEL
By Bill Gardiner - 38
ISDC 2015 HIGHLIGHTS THREE STUDENT CONTESTS:
A GLOBAL SHARE-A-THON
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 40
2015 INTERNATIONAL SUNSAT DESIGN COMPETITION
By Don Flournoy and Kyle Perkins - 42
NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS HONORREES AT ISDC 2015
By John K. Strickland - 43
NSS JOINS FORCES WITH SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION TO FORM THE ALLIANCE FOR SPACE DEVELOPMENT (ASD)
By Dale Skran
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
International Lunar Decade Unveiled at NSS Conference
By Dale Skran - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NASA’s 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge
By Fred Becker - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
We Are Winning
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Elon Musk, by Ashlee Vance
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Space Flight, by Margaret Lazarus Dean
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 53
2014 CHAPTER AWARDS
By Larry Ahearn and David Stuart - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 43 Soyuz Landing
Ad Astra 2015 Fall (Volume 27 Number 3)
Cover image: Image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015 when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface of Pluto. Image credit: © NASA/APL/SWRI.
- 12
ISDC 2015: INNOVATION IN MORE THAN TECHNOLOGY
By Clifford R. McMurray - 16
BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: SLS VS. FALCON HEAVY
By Dale Skran - 22
COUNTDOWN TO PLUTO ENCOUNTER
By Clifford R. McMurray - 26
HAYABUSA2: A Significant Milestone on the Road to Space Settlements
By Dale Skran - 30
STEAM INTO SPACE: Silicon Valley STEAM Colloquium Challenges Educators
By Tiffani Crawford and Tenesa Ellis - 36
RETURN TO THE MOON INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE WORKSHOP
By Dave Dunlop - 37
NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO MITIGATE THE HEALTH HAZARDS OF SPACE TRAVEL
By Bill Gardiner - 38
ISDC 2015 HIGHLIGHTS THREE STUDENT CONTESTS:
A GLOBAL SHARE-A-THON
By Lynne F. Zielinski - 40
2015 INTERNATIONAL SUNSAT DESIGN COMPETITION
By Don Flournoy and Kyle Perkins - 42
NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS HONORREES AT ISDC 2015
By John K. Strickland - 43
NSS JOINS FORCES WITH SPACE FRONTIER FOUNDATION TO FORM THE ALLIANCE FOR SPACE DEVELOPMENT (ASD)
By Dale Skran
- 7
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
International Lunar Decade Unveiled at NSS Conference
By Dale Skran - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NASA’s 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge
By Fred Becker - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
We Are Winning
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
Elon Musk, by Ashlee Vance
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Space Flight, by Margaret Lazarus Dean
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 53
2014 CHAPTER AWARDS
By Larry Ahearn and David Stuart - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 43 Soyuz Landing
