Ad Astra Fall 2017

Ad Astra Fall 2017

Ad Astra 2017 Fall (Volume 29 Number 3)

  • 14
    MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
    Part 2: The Era of the Space Age
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 20
    NEXT GENERATION:
    – It’s About the People, by Andrew Aldrin
    – MIT Students Learn the Art of Planetary Defense, by Clifford R. McMurray
    – Students Participate in March Storm, by the Alliance for Space Development
    – Enterprise in Space: Educating Tomorrow’s Space Inhabitants, by Alice M. Hoffman, PE
    – Students Soar to International Space Station, by Dale Skran
    – Students Open a Gateway to Space Settlement, by Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 34
    NASA’S DART TARGETS TWINS FOR ASTEROID DEFENSE
    By John F. Kross
  • 36
    PRIVATIZING THE MOON
    By Rod Pyle
  • 38
    PLANTING THE FLAG: A REVIEW OF U.S. PRIORITIES IN SPACE
    By Dr. Greg Autry
  • 42
    PIONEERS OLD AND YOUNG:
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2017

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 46
    WORLDS WITHOUT END:
    EXOPLANETS ABOUND IN NEW SURVEYS

    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    THE SPACE CHALLENGE PROJECT
    By Thelma Sugay
  • 52
    SENIOR PROM OR ASTRONAUT TRAINING?
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 56
    38 UNIVERSITIES FOR SPACE PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
    By Ad Astra Editorial Team
  • 62
    MADHU THANGAVELU
    Department of Astronautical Engineering, USC
    Interview by Chantelle Baier
  • 66
    SPACEFLIGHT FOR THE PRICE OF A BMW
    By Paul Shin
  • 52
    THE OUTER SPACE TREATY IS DOOMED
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 53
    FRANK SIETZEN JR.: IN MEMORIAM
    By Keith Cowing
  • 68
    2017 NSS AWARDS
    By John K. Strickland
  • 70
    NSS CHAPTERS PROVIDE LIVE EDUCATION
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 72
    NSS DONOR WILLIAM BROPHY
    By Hoyt Davidson
  • 74
    BOOKS
    The Intrepid Saga, by M. D. Cooper
    Reviewed by Brian Enke
    Dream Missions: Space Colonies, Nuclear Spacecraft and Other Possibilities, by Michel van Pelt
    Reviewed by Marianne Dyson
  • 76
    NSS CHAPTERS
  • 80
    LAST WORD: GODDARD ROCKET

Ad Astra 2017 Fall (Volume 29 Number 3)

  • 14
    MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
    Part 2: The Era of the Space Age
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 20
    NEXT GENERATION:
    – It’s About the People, by Andrew Aldrin
    – MIT Students Learn the Art of Planetary Defense, by Clifford R. McMurray
    – Students Participate in March Storm, by the Alliance for Space Development
    – Enterprise in Space: Educating Tomorrow’s Space Inhabitants, by Alice M. Hoffman, PE
    – Students Soar to International Space Station, by Dale Skran
    – Students Open a Gateway to Space Settlement, by Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 34
    NASA’S DART TARGETS TWINS FOR ASTEROID DEFENSE
    By John F. Kross
  • 36
    PRIVATIZING THE MOON
    By Rod Pyle
  • 38
    PLANTING THE FLAG: A REVIEW OF U.S. PRIORITIES IN SPACE
    By Dr. Greg Autry
  • 42
    PIONEERS OLD AND YOUNG:
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2017

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 46
    WORLDS WITHOUT END:
    EXOPLANETS ABOUND IN NEW SURVEYS

    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    THE SPACE CHALLENGE PROJECT
    By Thelma Sugay
  • 52
    SENIOR PROM OR ASTRONAUT TRAINING?
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 56
    38 UNIVERSITIES FOR SPACE PROGRAMS IN THE U.S.
    By Ad Astra Editorial Team
  • 62
    MADHU THANGAVELU
    Department of Astronautical Engineering, USC
    Interview by Chantelle Baier
  • 66
    SPACEFLIGHT FOR THE PRICE OF A BMW
    By Paul Shin
  • 52
    THE OUTER SPACE TREATY IS DOOMED
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 53
    FRANK SIETZEN JR.: IN MEMORIAM
    By Keith Cowing
  • 68
    2017 NSS AWARDS
    By John K. Strickland
  • 70
    NSS CHAPTERS PROVIDE LIVE EDUCATION
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 72
    NSS DONOR WILLIAM BROPHY
    By Hoyt Davidson
  • 74
    BOOKS
    The Intrepid Saga, by M. D. Cooper
    Reviewed by Brian Enke
    Dream Missions: Space Colonies, Nuclear Spacecraft and Other Possibilities, by Michel van Pelt
    Reviewed by Marianne Dyson
  • 76
    NSS CHAPTERS
  • 80
    LAST WORD: GODDARD ROCKET