Ad Astra Volume 22 Number 4 – Winter 2010

Ad Astra 2010 Winter (Volume 22 Number 4)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    ASTEROIDS AND ELSEWHERE: GETTING THERE BY FLEXIBLE PATH
    By John F. Kross
  • 20
    PLANETARY PROTECTION: CONTAMINATE OR CONSERVE?
    The case for protecting the space environment and ensuring its future sustainability
    by Mark Williamson
  • 26
    REDEFINING EXPLORATION: THE FUTURE UTILIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Kelly Melone
  • 32
    CONCERNING CONSTELLATION’S CANCELLATION, CONGRESS, AND CAMELS
    By Gregory H. Allison
  • 36
    NSS HIGHLIGHTS COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
    NASA/NSS Space Settlement Contest Attracts Over 1,000 Students
    Solar Power Satellite Design Competition
    The Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest
    International Space Settlement Design Competition
    Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Program
    Bruce M. Clark, Jr., Award Inspires Students
    An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors Applicants
  • 43
    SUMMARY OF S. 3729, THE NASA AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010
  • 44
    DESIGNING A DREAM
  • Creating the patch artwork for space missions
    By Tim Gagnon
  • 46
    THE REALITY OF A SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Ed McCullough
  • 48
    BOOKS
    Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Edited by Viorel Badescu
    Reviewed by Brian L. Enke
    By Any Means Necessary: An Entrepreneur’s Journey into Space, by Gregory H. Olsen
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 50
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 55
    SIGNING OFF
    This Exoplanet Smells Funny

Ad Astra 2010 Winter (Volume 22 Number 4)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    ASTEROIDS AND ELSEWHERE: GETTING THERE BY FLEXIBLE PATH
    By John F. Kross
  • 20
    PLANETARY PROTECTION: CONTAMINATE OR CONSERVE?
    The case for protecting the space environment and ensuring its future sustainability
    by Mark Williamson
  • 26
    REDEFINING EXPLORATION: THE FUTURE UTILIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Kelly Melone
  • 32
    CONCERNING CONSTELLATION’S CANCELLATION, CONGRESS, AND CAMELS
    By Gregory H. Allison
  • 36
    NSS HIGHLIGHTS COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
    NASA/NSS Space Settlement Contest Attracts Over 1,000 Students
    Solar Power Satellite Design Competition
    The Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest
    International Space Settlement Design Competition
    Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Program
    Bruce M. Clark, Jr., Award Inspires Students
    An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors Applicants
  • 43
    SUMMARY OF S. 3729, THE NASA AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2010
  • 44
    DESIGNING A DREAM
  • Creating the patch artwork for space missions
    By Tim Gagnon
  • 46
    THE REALITY OF A SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Ed McCullough
  • 48
    BOOKS
    Mars: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, Edited by Viorel Badescu
    Reviewed by Brian L. Enke
    By Any Means Necessary: An Entrepreneur’s Journey into Space, by Gregory H. Olsen
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 50
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 55
    SIGNING OFF
    This Exoplanet Smells Funny

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