Ad Astra 2014 Summer (Volume 26 Number 2)
Cover image: Overall view of the space station flight control room in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center as flight controllers support rendezvous and docking operations of the Soyuz TMA- 04M spacecraft. Image: NASA.
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LIFE IN MISSION CONTROL
By Paul Brower - 18
FIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE
By Clifford R. McMurray - 22
MARKING MILESTONES ON THE WAY TO THE MOON
The Google Lunar XPrize
By Andrew Barton - 26
REVIEWING SPACE SOLAR POWER POLICY
By Paul Werbos - 30
SEA LEGISLATIVE BLITZ: A FIRST-TIMER’S EXPERIENCE
By Kimberly A. Terrell - 32
THE ROLE OF NSS AT THE UNITED NATIONS
By Dave Dunlop - 34
NSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION CANDIDATE STATEMENTS - 46
SYNERGY BETWEEN SPACE SETTLEMENT AND ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORATION
By Dale L. Skran, Jr.
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NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Town Hall Meeting - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NSS Issues Position on Protecting Earth From Cosmic Impacts - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Vision!
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon, edited by James Benford and Gregory Benford
Reviewed by Dale L. Skran, Jr.
The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star
Ad Astra 2014 Summer (Volume 26 Number 2)
Cover image: Overall view of the space station flight control room in the Johnson Space Center’s Mission Control Center as flight controllers support rendezvous and docking operations of the Soyuz TMA- 04M spacecraft. Image: NASA.
- 12
LIFE IN MISSION CONTROL
By Paul Brower - 18
FIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE
By Clifford R. McMurray - 22
MARKING MILESTONES ON THE WAY TO THE MOON
The Google Lunar XPrize
By Andrew Barton - 26
REVIEWING SPACE SOLAR POWER POLICY
By Paul Werbos - 30
SEA LEGISLATIVE BLITZ: A FIRST-TIMER’S EXPERIENCE
By Kimberly A. Terrell - 32
THE ROLE OF NSS AT THE UNITED NATIONS
By Dave Dunlop - 34
NSS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION CANDIDATE STATEMENTS - 46
SYNERGY BETWEEN SPACE SETTLEMENT AND ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORATION
By Dale L. Skran, Jr.
- 8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Town Hall Meeting - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NSS Issues Position on Protecting Earth From Cosmic Impacts - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Vision!
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon, edited by James Benford and Gregory Benford
Reviewed by Dale L. Skran, Jr.
The Astronaut Wives Club, by Lily Koppel
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star
