Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 3 – Fall 2005

Ad Astra 2005 Fall (Volume 17 Number 3)

Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 3 – Fall 2005

  • 14
    ONE NATION, OVER REGULATED:
    IS ITAR STALLING THE NEW SPACE RACE?

    A set of laws called International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) affect all launch vehicles and satellites.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 16
    THE DOMINO EFFECT:
    HOW SERIOUS IS THE SHUTTLE DELAY AND WHAT HARM CAN IT CAUSE?

    By James Oberg
  • 18
    CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES:
    IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY (…BUT IT HELPS)
    NASA is offering a total of $350,000 to innovators capable of powering a contraption with beamed energy, building a tether that outlasts its competitors, or pulling oxygen from fake Moon dirt.
    By Tariq Malik
  • 23
    SPACE CONTROL: TAKING THE HIGHEST GROUND
    Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
  • 24
    EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:
    A HISTORY OF SPACE MILITARIZATION POLICY

    By Matt Bille
  • 26
    ALONG THE WATCHTOWER:
    SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S SPACE DOMINANCE

    By Andrew Plieninger
  • 28
    SPACE CONTROL ISN’T FREEDOM OF ACTION
    By Jeffrey Lewis
  • 30
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE TREATY REGIME IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA
    By Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
  • 32
    HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER
    How should space property rights be handled?
    By Wayne White
  • 37
    EMPIRE VERSUS THE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
    Science fiction depicts various types of empires in space.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    Return to Flight
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    Intelligent Design and Space Exploration Don’t Mix
    We need more science literacy in this country, not less.
    By Seth Shostak
  • 38
    REVIEWS
    First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
    Reviewed by Leonard David
    Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
  • 40
    COMMUNITY
    4 Days in May: The International Space Development Conference
  • 42
    LETTER FROM GARY BARNHARD
    Viewgraph Engineering: The Crisis in Space Design
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 43
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    October Skies
    From SpaceShipOne to the X Prize Cup
    By Leonard David

Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 3 – Fall 2005

  • 14
    ONE NATION, OVER REGULATED:
    IS ITAR STALLING THE NEW SPACE RACE?

    A set of laws called International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) affect all launch vehicles and satellites.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 16
    THE DOMINO EFFECT:
    HOW SERIOUS IS THE SHUTTLE DELAY AND WHAT HARM CAN IT CAUSE?

    By James Oberg
  • 18
    CENTENNIAL CHALLENGES:
    IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY (…BUT IT HELPS)
    NASA is offering a total of $350,000 to innovators capable of powering a contraption with beamed energy, building a tether that outlasts its competitors, or pulling oxygen from fake Moon dirt.
    By Tariq Malik
  • 23
    SPACE CONTROL: TAKING THE HIGHEST GROUND
    Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
  • 24
    EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN:
    A HISTORY OF SPACE MILITARIZATION POLICY

    By Matt Bille
  • 26
    ALONG THE WATCHTOWER:
    SAFEGUARDING AMERICA’S SPACE DOMINANCE

    By Andrew Plieninger
  • 28
    SPACE CONTROL ISN’T FREEDOM OF ACTION
    By Jeffrey Lewis
  • 30
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE TREATY REGIME IN THE GLOBALIZATION ERA
    By Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz
  • 32
    HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER
    How should space property rights be handled?
    By Wayne White
  • 37
    EMPIRE VERSUS THE INDIVIDUAL ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
    Science fiction depicts various types of empires in space.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    Return to Flight
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    Intelligent Design and Space Exploration Don’t Mix
    We need more science literacy in this country, not less.
    By Seth Shostak
  • 38
    REVIEWS
    First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
    Reviewed by Leonard David
    Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
  • 40
    COMMUNITY
    4 Days in May: The International Space Development Conference
  • 42
    LETTER FROM GARY BARNHARD
    Viewgraph Engineering: The Crisis in Space Design
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 43
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    October Skies
    From SpaceShipOne to the X Prize Cup
    By Leonard David