Ad Astra 2008 Winter (Volume 20 Number 4)
On The Cover: An artist’s rendering of an asteroid moments before an imminent impact with Earth. The question of such an impact is not if but when. Illustration: Stephen Prater.
Featured Articles:
- Note: The entire Special Report on “The Threat of Impact” (comprising pages 22-46 of this issue)
- 16
SHACKLETON DOME
What it will take to build a 25-mile-diameter, 5,000-foot-tall domed lunar city.
By Edward McCullough - 22
BEYOND THE SHUTTLE
With the pending retirment of the space shuttle fleet, NASA makes plans to use Russian spacecraft to maintain the International Space Station.
By Ted Spitzmiller - 30
DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF IMPACT
Detection, deflection, or deep impact?
By Russel L. Schweickart - 36
REMOVING THE BLINDERS
One of the greatest threats to civilization remains unaccounted for.
By Peter Garretson - 40
FOOTPRINTS ON NEO’S
Possibly more accessible than the Moon, could a near Earth asteroid be the next stop for manned space exploration?
By Mark Williamson - 46
NEAR EARTH OPPORTUNITIES
A new way to consider the asteroid threat
By Brad Blair - 48
SPACE SOLAR POWER: ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE
By Lt.Col. Paul E. Damphousse, USMC - 50
SPACE SOLAR POWER:
AN INVESTMENT FOR TODAY, AN ENERGY SOLUTION FOR TOMORROW
A statement of support from the National Space Society
- 9
From the Editor:
SPACE FARMS, A RETURN TO THE MOON, AND ART IN ORBIT
By Rod Pyle - 10
From the NSS COO:
THE OTHER FINAL FRONTIER
Why Not Build Undersea Settlements?
By Dale Skran
- Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong, by Greg Brennecka
Reviewed by Doug Adler - Critical Mass, by Daniel Suarez
Reviewed by Susan Raizer - When the Race Was Won, by Bart Colomb
Reviewed by Rod Pyle - Astrotopia, by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Reviewed by Dale Skran
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NSS Chapters
Ad Astra 2023 Winter (Volume 35 Number 1)
On The Cover: An artist’s rendering of an asteroid moments before an imminent impact with Earth. The question of such an impact is not if but when. Illustration: Stephen Prater.
Featured Articles:
- Note: The entire Special Report on “The Threat of Impact” (comprising pages 22-46 of this issue)
- 16
SHACKLETON DOME
What it will take to build a 25-mile-diameter, 5,000-foot-tall domed lunar city.
By Edward McCullough - 22
BEYOND THE SHUTTLE
With the pending retirment of the space shuttle fleet, NASA makes plans to use Russian spacecraft to maintain the International Space Station.
By Ted Spitzmiller - 30
DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF IMPACT
Detection, deflection, or deep impact?
By Russel L. Schweickart - 36
REMOVING THE BLINDERS
One of the greatest threats to civilization remains unaccounted for.
By Peter Garretson - 40
FOOTPRINTS ON NEO’S
Possibly more accessible than the Moon, could a near Earth asteroid be the next stop for manned space exploration?
By Mark Williamson - 46
NEAR EARTH OPPORTUNITIES
A new way to consider the asteroid threat
By Brad Blair - 48
SPACE SOLAR POWER: ENERGY FOR THE FUTURE
By Lt.Col. Paul E. Damphousse, USMC - 50
SPACE SOLAR POWER:
AN INVESTMENT FOR TODAY, AN ENERGY SOLUTION FOR TOMORROW
A statement of support from the National Space Society
- 9
From the Editor:
SPACE FARMS, A RETURN TO THE MOON, AND ART IN ORBIT
By Rod Pyle - 10
From the NSS COO:
THE OTHER FINAL FRONTIER
Why Not Build Undersea Settlements?
By Dale Skran
- Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong, by Greg Brennecka
Reviewed by Doug Adler - Critical Mass, by Daniel Suarez
Reviewed by Susan Raizer - When the Race Was Won, by Bart Colomb
Reviewed by Rod Pyle - Astrotopia, by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Reviewed by Dale Skran
66
NSS Chapters
