Ad Astra Summer 2017

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Ad Astra 2017 Summer (Volume 29 Number 2)

  • 11
    ISDC 2017: MEETING AT THE GATEWAY
    By Rod L. Pyle
  • 13
    THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 16
    GIVE THEM (PIECES OF) THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 18
    INTERNATIONAL PLANS FOR THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 20
    ORBITAL DEBRIS:
    WHY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SHOULD WORK TOGETHER

    By Al Anzaldua and Dave Dunlop
  • 25
    CUBE QUEST CHALLENGE:
    NSS AND THE CISLUNAR EXPLORERS OF CORNELL

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    KEEPING YOUR COOL IN SPACE
    By Paul Contursi
  • 31
    WHAT IF LIFE IS OUT THERE?
    By Lance Frazer
  • 34
    PRINTING OUR FUTURE ON MARS
    By Steve Murray
  • 38
    RETURN TO THE MOON:
    PAVING THE WAY OF FUTURE EXPLORATION

    By Rob Kelso
  • 41
    MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
    Part 1: Before the Space Age
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 46
    SIGHTSEEING WITH SELENE:
    SPACEX TOUTS LUNAR TOUR FOR TWO

    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    THROWING PEBBLES AT THE SKY: BRAVE NEW WORLD
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 53
    RECENT PROGRESS TOWARD INTERSTELLAR SETTLEMENT
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 54
    BOOKS
    Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship, by Rachel Armstrong
    Reviewed by Peter Spasov
    The History of Human Spaceflight, by Ted Spitzmiller
    Reviewed by Mark Lardas
  • 56
    GEORGE DIETRICH
    Winner of the 2017 Space Pioneer Award for Special Merit
    By Chuck Black
  • 58
    MARCH STORM 2017: NSS Advocates for a Citizen’s Space Agenda
    By Dale Skran
  • 60
    NSS IN EUROPE & THE EASTERN TIME ZONE
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 61
    FLY ME TO THE MOON: Luna in Fiction and Film
    By Ken Burnside
  • 62
    NSS CHAPTERS
  • 62
    CHAPTER LISTINGS

Ad Astra 2017 Summer (Volume 29 Number 2)

  • 11
    ISDC 2017: MEETING AT THE GATEWAY
    By Rod L. Pyle
  • 13
    THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 16
    GIVE THEM (PIECES OF) THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 18
    INTERNATIONAL PLANS FOR THE MOON
    By Marianne J. Dyson
  • 20
    ORBITAL DEBRIS:
    WHY THE U.S. AND RUSSIA SHOULD WORK TOGETHER

    By Al Anzaldua and Dave Dunlop
  • 25
    CUBE QUEST CHALLENGE:
    NSS AND THE CISLUNAR EXPLORERS OF CORNELL

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    KEEPING YOUR COOL IN SPACE
    By Paul Contursi
  • 31
    WHAT IF LIFE IS OUT THERE?
    By Lance Frazer
  • 34
    PRINTING OUR FUTURE ON MARS
    By Steve Murray
  • 38
    RETURN TO THE MOON:
    PAVING THE WAY OF FUTURE EXPLORATION

    By Rob Kelso
  • 41
    MOON SIGHTING: HOW WE FIRST SAW THE MOON
    Part 1: Before the Space Age
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 46
    SIGHTSEEING WITH SELENE:
    SPACEX TOUTS LUNAR TOUR FOR TWO

    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    THROWING PEBBLES AT THE SKY: BRAVE NEW WORLD
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 53
    RECENT PROGRESS TOWARD INTERSTELLAR SETTLEMENT
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 54
    BOOKS
    Star Ark: A Living, Self-Sustaining Spaceship, by Rachel Armstrong
    Reviewed by Peter Spasov
    The History of Human Spaceflight, by Ted Spitzmiller
    Reviewed by Mark Lardas
  • 56
    GEORGE DIETRICH
    Winner of the 2017 Space Pioneer Award for Special Merit
    By Chuck Black
  • 58
    MARCH STORM 2017: NSS Advocates for a Citizen’s Space Agenda
    By Dale Skran
  • 60
    NSS IN EUROPE & THE EASTERN TIME ZONE
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 61
    FLY ME TO THE MOON: Luna in Fiction and Film
    By Ken Burnside
  • 62
    NSS CHAPTERS
  • 62
    CHAPTER LISTINGS