Ad Astra 2015 Summer (Volume 27 Number 2)
Cover image: Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low-Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space Station. Image credit: © Boeing.
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BEYOND MARS:
TRAVELS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
By Michael Carroll - 18
STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES:
Getting in Shape for Space over the Next 10 Years
By John F. Kross - 22
COMMON GROUND:
ASTEROID MINING AND PLANETARY DEFENSE
By James C. Howe - 26
ASTEROID MINING FOR SPACE TRAVEL
By Dave Dietzler - 30
THE FLEDGLING DRAGON:
China’s Human Spaceflight Program
By Clifford R. McMurray - 34
SMALLSAT REVOLUTION
By Mark Williamson - 40
BEYOND BORDERS:
THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY COMES TO CANADA
By Chuck Black - 42
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
MANKIND’S EXODUS TO THE STARS
By Nelson Bridwell - 44
AN INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE CAMPAIGN
By Dave Dunlop and Fred Becker
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
National Space Society Supports Atlantic Council Event
By Dale Skran - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Michael Snyder Brings “Firsts” to NSS Executive Committee:
Two Degrees of Separation from Space
By Anita Gale - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
After 40 Years—Victory
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer, by Rob Manning and William L. Simon
Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission, by Marc Kaufman
Both reviewed by Susan Raizer
Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy, by John S. Lewis
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 53
NSS CHAPTERS IN ACTION
By Fred Becker - 55
SIGNING OFF
Astronaut Salutes Leonard Nimoy from Orbit
Ad Astra 2015 Summer (Volume 27 Number 2)
Cover image: Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low-Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space Station. Image credit: © Boeing.
- 12
BEYOND MARS:
TRAVELS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
By Michael Carroll - 18
STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES:
Getting in Shape for Space over the Next 10 Years
By John F. Kross - 22
COMMON GROUND:
ASTEROID MINING AND PLANETARY DEFENSE
By James C. Howe - 26
ASTEROID MINING FOR SPACE TRAVEL
By Dave Dietzler - 30
THE FLEDGLING DRAGON:
China’s Human Spaceflight Program
By Clifford R. McMurray - 34
SMALLSAT REVOLUTION
By Mark Williamson - 40
BEYOND BORDERS:
THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY COMES TO CANADA
By Chuck Black - 42
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
MANKIND’S EXODUS TO THE STARS
By Nelson Bridwell - 44
AN INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE CAMPAIGN
By Dave Dunlop and Fred Becker
- 7
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
National Space Society Supports Atlantic Council Event
By Dale Skran - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Michael Snyder Brings “Firsts” to NSS Executive Committee:
Two Degrees of Separation from Space
By Anita Gale - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
After 40 Years—Victory
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer, by Rob Manning and William L. Simon
Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission, by Marc Kaufman
Both reviewed by Susan Raizer
Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy, by John S. Lewis
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 53
NSS CHAPTERS IN ACTION
By Fred Becker - 55
SIGNING OFF
Astronaut Salutes Leonard Nimoy from Orbit
