Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 2 – Summer 2005

Ad Astra 2005 Summer (Volume 17 Number 2)

Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 2 – Summer 2005

  • 14
    RETURNING TO FLIGHT
    Q and A with Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins and Steven Lindsey
    By Tariq Malik
  • 16
    MARS METHANE:
    THE MYSTERY OF LIFE?

    By Robert Roy Britt
  • 21
    NASA AND THE STATE OF RISK
    Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
  • 22
    DECONSTRUCTING JIMO
    Today the nuclear-powered Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter is on the back burner with the flame turned low.
    By Brian Berger
  • 28
    THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
    Problems of in-flight maintenance and repair.
    By James Oberg
  • 30
    A RENAISSANCE OF RISK-TAKING
    Griping abut NASA’s missed opportunities is a favorite topic at conferences.
    By James A. Muncy
  • 32
    TAKING SERIOUS CHANCES:
    RISKY MISSIONS NASA SHOULD DO

    “If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business…” Gus Grissom, March 1965
    By Dave Brody
  • 34
    NUCLEAR POWER:
    NOW MORE THEN EVER, OR NEVER?

    By Leonard David
  • 40
    OF RAG-TAG FLEETS AND OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGIES
    Science fiction depicts various types of space transportation.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    A new NASA administrator.
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 18
    OPINION
    Risky Business
    By Burt Rutan
  • 38
    REVIEWS
    Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
    Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 44
    COMMUNITY
    Factoring the Future
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Two Who Dared: Woman Space Pioneers
    By Laura S. Woodmansee

Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 2 – Summer 2005

  • 14
    RETURNING TO FLIGHT
    Q and A with Shuttle Commander Eileen Collins and Steven Lindsey
    By Tariq Malik
  • 16
    MARS METHANE:
    THE MYSTERY OF LIFE?

    By Robert Roy Britt
  • 21
    NASA AND THE STATE OF RISK
    Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
  • 22
    DECONSTRUCTING JIMO
    Today the nuclear-powered Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter is on the back burner with the flame turned low.
    By Brian Berger
  • 28
    THE MOTHER OF INVENTION
    Problems of in-flight maintenance and repair.
    By James Oberg
  • 30
    A RENAISSANCE OF RISK-TAKING
    Griping abut NASA’s missed opportunities is a favorite topic at conferences.
    By James A. Muncy
  • 32
    TAKING SERIOUS CHANCES:
    RISKY MISSIONS NASA SHOULD DO

    “If we die, we want people to accept it. We’re in a risky business…” Gus Grissom, March 1965
    By Dave Brody
  • 34
    NUCLEAR POWER:
    NOW MORE THEN EVER, OR NEVER?

    By Leonard David
  • 40
    OF RAG-TAG FLEETS AND OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGIES
    Science fiction depicts various types of space transportation.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    A new NASA administrator.
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 18
    OPINION
    Risky Business
    By Burt Rutan
  • 38
    REVIEWS
    Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
    Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 44
    COMMUNITY
    Factoring the Future
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Two Who Dared: Woman Space Pioneers
    By Laura S. Woodmansee