Ad Astra 2010 Summer (Volume 22 Number 2)
On the Cover: The International Space Station flew across the face of the Moon over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Image Credit: NASA Photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria.
Featured Articles:
- 9
THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA FOR SPACE
NSS applauds the President’s commitment to the mission of NASA and the role of space in providing for the future. - 17
MISSION TRAINING: ATLANTIS’S FINAL FLIGHT
Atlantis takes her final historic flight.
by Peter Trabucco - 20
FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THIN AIR
International problem solving on the ISS.
By Tabatha Thompson - 24
A NEW ERA FOR SCIENCE:
RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Clifford R. McMurray - 28
AMERICA’S SPACE PROGRAM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CONFERENCE
The President defends his budget.
By Lewis Groswald - 30
SPACESHIP TWO HAS WINGS
Space tourism efforts are underway.
By Douglas Mesier - 32
A LOOK AT LUNAR EXPLORATION FOR NASA - Looking at what’s involved with returning to the Moon
By David Schlom - 38
IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR READY FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT?
A look at the issues involved in commercial human spaceflight
By Jeffrey Foust - 44
NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
Don’t leave Earth without it! By James Schier
- 10
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Farewell…
By Brett Silcox - 11
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 13
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Student innovators from the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards.
By Lynne Zielinski - 14
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Upwards and Onwards: Space tourism offers a new dimension to humankind’s curiosity
By Meghan Baker - 42
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE DESIGN COMPETITION
By Peter Garretson - 43
EDITORIAL
Not Much Has Changed…
By Dr. Al Koller - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT
The Long Run Geopolitics of Space Settlements
By Mark Hopkins - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Change Is All Around Us By Gary Barnhard
- BOOKS
How to Find a Habitable Planet, by James Kasting
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
50 Years of Rockets and Spacecraft, by Ed Buckbee
Reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway, III - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Cassini provides a closeup view of Saturn’s moon Mimas
Ad Astra 2010 Summer (Volume 22 Number 2)
On the Cover: The International Space Station flew across the face of the Moon over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Image Credit: NASA Photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria.
Featured Articles:
- 9
THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA FOR SPACE
NSS applauds the President’s commitment to the mission of NASA and the role of space in providing for the future. - 17
MISSION TRAINING: ATLANTIS’S FINAL FLIGHT
Atlantis takes her final historic flight.
by Peter Trabucco - 20
FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THIN AIR
International problem solving on the ISS.
By Tabatha Thompson - 24
A NEW ERA FOR SCIENCE:
RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
By Clifford R. McMurray - 28
AMERICA’S SPACE PROGRAM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CONFERENCE
The President defends his budget.
By Lewis Groswald - 30
SPACESHIP TWO HAS WINGS
Space tourism efforts are underway.
By Douglas Mesier - 32
A LOOK AT LUNAR EXPLORATION FOR NASA - Looking at what’s involved with returning to the Moon
By David Schlom - 38
IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR READY FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT?
A look at the issues involved in commercial human spaceflight
By Jeffrey Foust - 44
NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
Don’t leave Earth without it! By James Schier
- 10
LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
Farewell…
By Brett Silcox - 11
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 13
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Student innovators from the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards.
By Lynne Zielinski - 14
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Upwards and Onwards: Space tourism offers a new dimension to humankind’s curiosity
By Meghan Baker - 42
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE DESIGN COMPETITION
By Peter Garretson - 43
EDITORIAL
Not Much Has Changed…
By Dr. Al Koller - 46
SPACE SETTLEMENT
The Long Run Geopolitics of Space Settlements
By Mark Hopkins - 47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Change Is All Around Us By Gary Barnhard
- BOOKS
How to Find a Habitable Planet, by James Kasting
Reviewed by Charlene Brusso
50 Years of Rockets and Spacecraft, by Ed Buckbee
Reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway, III - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Cassini provides a closeup view of Saturn’s moon Mimas
