Ad Astra 2012 Spring (Volume 24 Number 1)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE: OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE LIFE ON EARTH
A Position Paper by the National Space Society - 18
HEAVY LIFT, HEAVY HOPES
NASA’s Space Launch System lays the foundation for new space ambitions
by Harry Dhillon - 22
THE NINE LIVES OF WERNHER VON BRAUN
By Clifford R. McMurray - 26
ARE THINGS LOOKING UP FOR SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER?
By Peter Garretson - 30
NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
What’s Happening Today?
By James Schier - 34
A NEW APOLLO LEVEL SPACE AGE
By Bruce Cordell - 38
STRETCHING THE BOUNDS OF INNOVATION
Why NASA invests in the talent of tomorrow, today
By Michael T. Wagner - 42
THE EVER-EXPANDING DEFINITION OF LIFE
By Robert J. Sawyer - 44
KEPLER SPACE INSTITUTE AND NSS HONOR DR. ESHEL BEN-JACOB
By Walter Putnam
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LETTERS FROM HEADQUARTERS
By Gary Barnhard and Paul Damphousse - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
A Tribute to America’s Two Generations of Space Workers
By Edward N. Brown - 12
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT UPDATE - The Law of Space Abundance and Lunar Cratersville
By Bob Krone
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BOOKS
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon, by Al Worden and Francis French
Reviewed by Mike White
The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane, by Piers Bizony
Reviewed by Ariel I. Rayman - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
A “Rose” Made of Galaxies
Ad Astra 2012 Spring (Volume 24 Number 1)
Cover image courtesy NASA.
- 14
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE: OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE LIFE ON EARTH
A Position Paper by the National Space Society - 18
HEAVY LIFT, HEAVY HOPES
NASA’s Space Launch System lays the foundation for new space ambitions
by Harry Dhillon - 22
THE NINE LIVES OF WERNHER VON BRAUN
By Clifford R. McMurray - 26
ARE THINGS LOOKING UP FOR SPACE-BASED SOLAR POWER?
By Peter Garretson - 30
NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
What’s Happening Today?
By James Schier - 34
A NEW APOLLO LEVEL SPACE AGE
By Bruce Cordell - 38
STRETCHING THE BOUNDS OF INNOVATION
Why NASA invests in the talent of tomorrow, today
By Michael T. Wagner - 42
THE EVER-EXPANDING DEFINITION OF LIFE
By Robert J. Sawyer - 44
KEPLER SPACE INSTITUTE AND NSS HONOR DR. ESHEL BEN-JACOB
By Walter Putnam
- 8
LETTERS FROM HEADQUARTERS
By Gary Barnhard and Paul Damphousse - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
A Tribute to America’s Two Generations of Space Workers
By Edward N. Brown - 12
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT UPDATE - The Law of Space Abundance and Lunar Cratersville
By Bob Krone
- 48
BOOKS
Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut’s Journey to the Moon, by Al Worden and Francis French
Reviewed by Mike White
The Space Shuttle: Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA’s First Space Plane, by Piers Bizony
Reviewed by Ariel I. Rayman - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
A “Rose” Made of Galaxies
