Ad Astra Volume 16 Number 3 2004

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Ad Astra Volume 16 Number 3 2004

ON THE COVER: Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne returns from its short but historic venture into space.

Featured Articles:

  • S1
    MOON, MARS AND BEYOND:
    SPACE EXPLORATION FOR A NEW ERA

    Special Report
  • S4
    THE U.S. BLUEPRINT FOR SPACE EXPLORATION
    The Aldridge Commission Report: The remaking of NASA is only part of the job; the real test will be sustaining the vision over decades to come.
    By Jeff Foust
  • S7
    FIRST MAN ON THE MOON LOOKS FORWARD TO OTHERS’ RETURN
    Speech by Neil A. Armstrong
  • S9
    INSIDE PROJECT CONSTELLATION
    NASA’s first step beyond low-Earth orbit begins with a new vehicle to transport cargo and people to the Moon.
    By Frank Sietzen, Jr.
  • S13
    LAUNCH OPTIONS LOOM LARGE FOR NASA’S NEW MISSION
    Engineers are studying a variety of options for developing new, more affordable heavy-lift rockets to carry astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars.
    By William Harwood
  • S18
    ONE WAY TO MARS
    Going to Mars to stay.
    By Lucian Samosata
  • S23
    THINK SMALL
    As plans shape up for robotic excursions to the Moon, NASA may want to consider that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 3
    LAUNCH PAD
    Saving Earth Through Space
    By Greg Allison, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 4
    MISSION CONTROL
  • S3
    COUNTDOWN
    Over the Thorns, To the Stars
    By Irene Mona Klotz, Editor in Chief
  • S26
    OUTLOOK
    The Real Cost of the New Space Plan,
    by Taylor Dinerman
    Bush’s Stepping-stones to Space, by John H. Marburger III
    Common Goal Unites Space Advocates, by Jim Banke
    The 11th Commandment of Space, by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 41
    SPACE COMMUNITY
    Conference Draws NSS Members to Oklahoma, by James Spellman, Jr.
    CD Explores Dreams of Spaceflight, by Clark S. Lindsey
    Grand Central Space-tion, by G. B. Leatherwood
    NSS Chapters and Projects
  • 48
    LIFTING OFF
    Heady Days for Space
    By George T. Whitesides, NSS Executive Director

Ad Astra Volume 16 Number 3 2004

ON THE COVER: Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne returns from its short but historic venture into space.

Featured Articles:

  • S1
    MOON, MARS AND BEYOND:
    SPACE EXPLORATION FOR A NEW ERA

    Special Report
  • S4
    THE U.S. BLUEPRINT FOR SPACE EXPLORATION
    The Aldridge Commission Report: The remaking of NASA is only part of the job; the real test will be sustaining the vision over decades to come.
    By Jeff Foust
  • S7
    FIRST MAN ON THE MOON LOOKS FORWARD TO OTHERS’ RETURN
    Speech by Neil A. Armstrong
  • S9
    INSIDE PROJECT CONSTELLATION
    NASA’s first step beyond low-Earth orbit begins with a new vehicle to transport cargo and people to the Moon.
    By Frank Sietzen, Jr.
  • S13
    LAUNCH OPTIONS LOOM LARGE FOR NASA’S NEW MISSION
    Engineers are studying a variety of options for developing new, more affordable heavy-lift rockets to carry astronauts back to the Moon and on to Mars.
    By William Harwood
  • S18
    ONE WAY TO MARS
    Going to Mars to stay.
    By Lucian Samosata
  • S23
    THINK SMALL
    As plans shape up for robotic excursions to the Moon, NASA may want to consider that bigger isn’t necessarily better.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 3
    LAUNCH PAD
    Saving Earth Through Space
    By Greg Allison, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 4
    MISSION CONTROL
  • S3
    COUNTDOWN
    Over the Thorns, To the Stars
    By Irene Mona Klotz, Editor in Chief
  • S26
    OUTLOOK
    The Real Cost of the New Space Plan,
    by Taylor Dinerman
    Bush’s Stepping-stones to Space, by John H. Marburger III
    Common Goal Unites Space Advocates, by Jim Banke
    The 11th Commandment of Space, by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 41
    SPACE COMMUNITY
    Conference Draws NSS Members to Oklahoma, by James Spellman, Jr.
    CD Explores Dreams of Spaceflight, by Clark S. Lindsey
    Grand Central Space-tion, by G. B. Leatherwood
    NSS Chapters and Projects
  • 48
    LIFTING OFF
    Heady Days for Space
    By George T. Whitesides, NSS Executive Director