Ad Astra 2013 Summer (Volume 25 Number 2)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
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THE UTILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Marianne Dyson - 20
LIVING LARGE ON MARS, or REQUIEM FOR A RED PLANET?
The chances for life on Mars
by John Kross - 26
ROOM IN A CAN: BEAM COMES TO ISS
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
By Clifford R. McMurray - 30
WELCOME TO ISDC 2013
By Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, Dave Dressler, and Nate McIntyre - 34
50 YEARS OF WOMEN IN SPACE
By Claire Stephens McMurray and Clifford R. McMurray - 38
THE GRAIL MISSION EXPLORES THE MOON CRUST TO CORE
By Sami Asmar - 42
LONG-TERM THINKING: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTERSTELLAR WORKSHOP
By Bart Leahy, Les Johnson, and Robert Kennedy - 44
NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SPACE EDUCATOR AWARD — TWICE!
Honoring Lynne F. Zielinski - 46
A BOLD NEW TELESCOPE MISSION LOOKS FOR ASTEROIDS — BEFORE THEY FIND US
The Sentinel Mission of the B612 Foundation
By Ed Lu
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
What’s Happening at NSS? - 11
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NSS Kickstarts Our Space Future
By Jay Wittner - 12
LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Victory: Humanity Takes a Major Step Towards the NSS Vision of a Hopeful Future
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin, by Andrew L. Jenks
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space, by John W. Young with James R. Hansen
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon
Ad Astra 2013 Summer (Volume 25 Number 2)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
- 14
THE UTILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Marianne Dyson - 20
LIVING LARGE ON MARS, or REQUIEM FOR A RED PLANET?
The chances for life on Mars
by John Kross - 26
ROOM IN A CAN: BEAM COMES TO ISS
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
By Clifford R. McMurray - 30
WELCOME TO ISDC 2013
By Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, Dave Dressler, and Nate McIntyre - 34
50 YEARS OF WOMEN IN SPACE
By Claire Stephens McMurray and Clifford R. McMurray - 38
THE GRAIL MISSION EXPLORES THE MOON CRUST TO CORE
By Sami Asmar - 42
LONG-TERM THINKING: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTERSTELLAR WORKSHOP
By Bart Leahy, Les Johnson, and Robert Kennedy - 44
NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SPACE EDUCATOR AWARD — TWICE!
Honoring Lynne F. Zielinski - 46
A BOLD NEW TELESCOPE MISSION LOOKS FOR ASTEROIDS — BEFORE THEY FIND US
The Sentinel Mission of the B612 Foundation
By Ed Lu
- 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
What’s Happening at NSS? - 11
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
NSS Kickstarts Our Space Future
By Jay Wittner - 12
LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Victory: Humanity Takes a Major Step Towards the NSS Vision of a Hopeful Future
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin, by Andrew L. Jenks
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space, by John W. Young with James R. Hansen
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon
