Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 2)
ON THE COVER: Shown are all of the vehicles that have carried humans into space during the last 40 years. Illustration by NSS member Richard Kruse.
Featured Articles:
- 12
Forty Years in Space: Human Spaceflight in Perspective
By Howard McCurdy - 16
A Space Shuttle Retrospective
The role of the Space Shuttle in human spaceflight
By Joan Johnson-Freese - 21
The Spaceship that Came in From the Cold War
The Untold Story of the DC-X
By Andrew J. Butrica - 25
A Space Enthusiast’s Political Primer
By David S. Schuman - 28
Humanity in Space
The First 40 Years of Manned Space Vehicles in Scale Drawings
By Richard Kruse - 30
Storm of Fire: Could the Soviets Have Won the Moon Race?
By David S. Michaels - 36
Getting There Is Half the Fun
The Evolution of Heavy Lift Rockets
By Andrew J. LePage - 40
NASA in the 21st Century
By Taylor Dinerman - 44
What Place in Space?
Impacts and Future Prospects of the U.S. Pro-Space Movement
By Amy Paige Snyder
- 2 Chairman’s Message
- 3 Letters
- 5 NSS in Action
- 6 Mission Control
- 11 Countdown
- 48 Shooting Gallery
Twenty Years of the Space Shuttle - 54 NSS Chapters
- 56 Spacefaring
Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 2)
ON THE COVER: Shown are all of the vehicles that have carried humans into space during the last 40 years. Illustration by NSS member Richard Kruse.
Featured Articles:
- 12
Forty Years in Space: Human Spaceflight in Perspective
By Howard McCurdy - 16
A Space Shuttle Retrospective
The role of the Space Shuttle in human spaceflight
By Joan Johnson-Freese - 21
The Spaceship that Came in From the Cold War
The Untold Story of the DC-X
By Andrew J. Butrica - 25
A Space Enthusiast’s Political Primer
By David S. Schuman - 28
Humanity in Space
The First 40 Years of Manned Space Vehicles in Scale Drawings
By Richard Kruse - 30
Storm of Fire: Could the Soviets Have Won the Moon Race?
By David S. Michaels - 36
Getting There Is Half the Fun
The Evolution of Heavy Lift Rockets
By Andrew J. LePage - 40
NASA in the 21st Century
By Taylor Dinerman - 44
What Place in Space?
Impacts and Future Prospects of the U.S. Pro-Space Movement
By Amy Paige Snyder
- 2 Chairman’s Message
- 3 Letters
- 5 NSS in Action
- 6 Mission Control
- 11 Countdown
- 48 Shooting Gallery
Twenty Years of the Space Shuttle - 54 NSS Chapters
- 56 Spacefaring
