Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 3 – Fall 2005
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ONE NATION, OVER REGULATED:
IS ITAR STALLING THE NEW SPACE RACE?
A set of laws called International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) affect all launch vehicles and satellites.
By Jeff Foust - 16
THE DOMINO EFFECT:
HOW SERIOUS IS THE SHUTTLE DELAY AND WHAT HARM CAN IT CAUSE?
By James Oberg - 18
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES:
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY (…BUT IT HELPS)
NASA is offering a total of $350,000 to innovators capable of powering a contraption with beamed energy, building a tether that outlasts its competitors, or pulling oxygen from fake Moon dirt.
By Tariq Malik - 23
SPACE CONTROL: TAKING THE HIGHEST GROUND
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 24
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:
A HISTORY OF SPACE MILITARIZATION POLICY
By Matt Bille - 26
ALONG THE WATCHTOWER:
SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S SPACE DOMINANCE
By Andrew Plieninger - 28
SPACE CONTROL ISN’T FREEDOM OF ACTION
By Jeffrey Lewis - 30
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE TREATY REGIME IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA
By Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz - 32
HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER
How should space property rights be handled?
By Wayne White - 37
EMPIRE VERSUS THE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Science fiction depicts various types of empires in space.
By Bill Christensen
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LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Return to Flight
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 20
OPINION
Intelligent Design and Space Exploration Don’t Mix
We need more science literacy in this country, not less.
By Seth Shostak
- 38
REVIEWS
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Reviewed by Leonard David
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
Reviewed by John F. Kross - 40
COMMUNITY
4 Days in May: The International Space Development Conference - 42
LETTER FROM GARY BARNHARD
Viewgraph Engineering: The Crisis in Space Design
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 43
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
October Skies
From SpaceShipOne to the X Prize Cup
By Leonard David
Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 3 – Fall 2005
- 14
ONE NATION, OVER REGULATED:
IS ITAR STALLING THE NEW SPACE RACE?
A set of laws called International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) affect all launch vehicles and satellites.
By Jeff Foust - 16
THE DOMINO EFFECT:
HOW SERIOUS IS THE SHUTTLE DELAY AND WHAT HARM CAN IT CAUSE?
By James Oberg - 18
CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES:
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY (…BUT IT HELPS)
NASA is offering a total of $350,000 to innovators capable of powering a contraption with beamed energy, building a tether that outlasts its competitors, or pulling oxygen from fake Moon dirt.
By Tariq Malik - 23
SPACE CONTROL: TAKING THE HIGHEST GROUND
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 24
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:
A HISTORY OF SPACE MILITARIZATION POLICY
By Matt Bille - 26
ALONG THE WATCHTOWER:
SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S SPACE DOMINANCE
By Andrew Plieninger - 28
SPACE CONTROL ISN’T FREEDOM OF ACTION
By Jeffrey Lewis - 30
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE TREATY REGIME IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA
By Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz - 32
HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER
How should space property rights be handled?
By Wayne White - 37
EMPIRE VERSUS THE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
Science fiction depicts various types of empires in space.
By Bill Christensen
- 5
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Return to Flight
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 20
OPINION
Intelligent Design and Space Exploration Don’t Mix
We need more science literacy in this country, not less.
By Seth Shostak
- 38
REVIEWS
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Reviewed by Leonard David
Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
Reviewed by John F. Kross - 40
COMMUNITY
4 Days in May: The International Space Development Conference - 42
LETTER FROM GARY BARNHARD
Viewgraph Engineering: The Crisis in Space Design
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 43
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
October Skies
From SpaceShipOne to the X Prize Cup
By Leonard David
