Ad Astra 2011 Summer (Volume 23 Number 2)
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GETTING BACK TO THE MOON
Who’s Doing the Heavy Lifting? By John F. Kross - 18
ACCELLERATING INNOVATION AT NASA THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN GOVERNMENT
by Lealem Mulugeta, Nicholas Skytland, and Christopher Gerty - 22
REMEMBERING YURI GAGARIN
The First Man in Space
By Clifford McMurray - 26
AFFORDABLE EXPLORATION
By Gordon Woodcock - 30
LUNAR RESOURCES:
Unlocking the Space Frontier
By Paul Spudis - 34
LIVING OFF THE LAND:
Lunar Mining for Human Space Settlement
By Greg Baiden - 38
ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND CULTURE IN SPACE EXPLORATION:
On the Ground, In the Sky, and into Outer Space
By Frank Pietronigro
Other Features:
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Tribute:
NASA COMMEMORATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHALLENGER DISASTER
By Ariel Rayman - 43
THIRTY YEARS AND COUNTING: A REFLECTION ON A GENERATION OF ISDCS
By Dale Amon - 44
ISDC 2011 AWARD WINNERS
By John K. Strickland - 45
NSS GOES TO WASHINGTON
Blitz Coverage
By Chris Carberry - 46:
ORBITAL SPACE SETTLEMENT
By Al Globus
- 8
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Through the Looking Glass: The Future of U.S. Space Policy
By Gary Barnhard - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Downlink: Monthly News from National Space Society - 12
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 47
STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Super Deep Ecology: The Greening of Space
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Lunar Settlements, edited by Haym Benaroya
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk
Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission, by Andrew Kessler
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin, by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
(on page 25) - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Seeing Red: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Near-Infrared
Ad Astra 2011 Summer (Volume 23 Number 2)
- 14
GETTING BACK TO THE MOON
Who’s Doing the Heavy Lifting? By John F. Kross - 18
ACCELLERATING INNOVATION AT NASA THROUGH THE PRINCIPLES OF OPEN GOVERNMENT
by Lealem Mulugeta, Nicholas Skytland, and Christopher Gerty - 22
REMEMBERING YURI GAGARIN
The First Man in Space
By Clifford McMurray - 26
AFFORDABLE EXPLORATION
By Gordon Woodcock - 30
LUNAR RESOURCES:
Unlocking the Space Frontier
By Paul Spudis - 34
LIVING OFF THE LAND:
Lunar Mining for Human Space Settlement
By Greg Baiden - 38
ARTS, HUMANITIES, AND CULTURE IN SPACE EXPLORATION:
On the Ground, In the Sky, and into Outer Space
By Frank Pietronigro
Other Features:
- 42
Tribute:
NASA COMMEMORATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHALLENGER DISASTER
By Ariel Rayman - 43
THIRTY YEARS AND COUNTING: A REFLECTION ON A GENERATION OF ISDCS
By Dale Amon - 44
ISDC 2011 AWARD WINNERS
By John K. Strickland - 45
NSS GOES TO WASHINGTON
Blitz Coverage
By Chris Carberry - 46:
ORBITAL SPACE SETTLEMENT
By Al Globus
- 8
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Through the Looking Glass: The Future of U.S. Space Policy
By Gary Barnhard - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 11
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSS Downlink: Monthly News from National Space Society - 12
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
By Lee Jones - 47
STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Super Deep Ecology: The Greening of Space
By Mark Hopkins
- 48
BOOKS
Lunar Settlements, edited by Haym Benaroya
Reviewed by Steve Adamczyk
Martian Summer: Robot Arms, Cowboy Spacemen, and My 90 Days with the Phoenix Mars Mission, by Andrew Kessler
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin, by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony.
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
(on page 25) - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Seeing Red: The Whirlpool Galaxy in Near-Infrared
