Ad Astra Volume 18 Number 2 – Summer 2006

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Ad Astra 2006 Summer (Volume 18 Number 2)

Cover image: Space Elevator by Dan Roam ©

Featured Articles:

  • 14
    COMMANDING THE VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE
    For U.S. Air Force ColonelJack Weinstein, commanding the 30th Space Wing in California is like having a front-row seat to the future.
    By Leonard David
  • 16
    MOON FLAG FLIES OVER MARS DESERT OUTPOST
    Members of the Moon Society simulate a Moon Base at the Mars Desert Research Station.
    By Peter Kokh
  • 23
    SPACE SETTLEMENTS: THE STATE OF THE ART
    Introduction by Mark M. Hopkins
  • 24
    SAVING HUMANITY:
    ELON MUSK ON THE NEED FOR SPACE SETTLEMENT

    Ad Astra interview by Robin Snelson
  • 26
    MISSION TO MARS: THE OUTBOUND JOURNEY
    The first manned mission to Earth’s crimson neighbor will be difficult, the author writes, but the technological problems are not insurmountable.
    By James Oberg
  • 28
    MAINTAINING THE MIND
    Deep space missions may have technological hurdles, but preserving the sanity of crewmembers far from home may prove the toughest challenge.
    By Tariq Malik
  • 30
    LIVING IN A TIN CAN
    Biosphere 2 generated lots of jokes for late-night comedians, but the failure to create closed Earth-like ecosystems for long term space missions is no laughing matter.
    By Jane Poynter
  • 32
    MINING NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS
    The Solar System beckons with resources unimaginable on Earth.
    By Dr. Daniel D. Durda
  • 34
    THINKING DIFFERENTLY WITH SPACE ELEVATORS
    By depending too much on rocketry and brute force, humanity might be missing its chance to glide into space on gossamer threads.
    By Dave Brody
  • 38
    WHAT IS THE BEST TRAJECTORY TO REACH AN ASTEROID?
    The European Space Agency’s Advanced Concepts Team held a contest for engineers to find the best trajectory from our planet to asteroid 2001 TW229.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    The Next Great Journey
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    Failure to Launch
    The Bush Administration should have included space exploration and science in the American Competitiveness Initiative.
    By Dr. Ernest J. Cioffi
  • 42
    REVIEWS
    Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
    Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 43
    COMMUNITY
    Space Settlements: Let’s Have No Unnecessary Sense of Self-limitation
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 44
    SPOTLIGHT
    Jack Fox: Founder of the Florida Space Coast Chapter of the National Space Society
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Apollo-Soyuz: A Remembrance
    By Andrew Chaikin

Ad Astra 2006 Summer (Volume 18 Number 2)

Cover image: Space Elevator by Dan Roam ©

Featured Articles:

  • 14
    COMMANDING THE VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE
    For U.S. Air Force ColonelJack Weinstein, commanding the 30th Space Wing in California is like having a front-row seat to the future.
    By Leonard David
  • 16
    MOON FLAG FLIES OVER MARS DESERT OUTPOST
    Members of the Moon Society simulate a Moon Base at the Mars Desert Research Station.
    By Peter Kokh
  • 23
    SPACE SETTLEMENTS: THE STATE OF THE ART
    Introduction by Mark M. Hopkins
  • 24
    SAVING HUMANITY:
    ELON MUSK ON THE NEED FOR SPACE SETTLEMENT

    Ad Astra interview by Robin Snelson
  • 26
    MISSION TO MARS: THE OUTBOUND JOURNEY
    The first manned mission to Earth’s crimson neighbor will be difficult, the author writes, but the technological problems are not insurmountable.
    By James Oberg
  • 28
    MAINTAINING THE MIND
    Deep space missions may have technological hurdles, but preserving the sanity of crewmembers far from home may prove the toughest challenge.
    By Tariq Malik
  • 30
    LIVING IN A TIN CAN
    Biosphere 2 generated lots of jokes for late-night comedians, but the failure to create closed Earth-like ecosystems for long term space missions is no laughing matter.
    By Jane Poynter
  • 32
    MINING NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS
    The Solar System beckons with resources unimaginable on Earth.
    By Dr. Daniel D. Durda
  • 34
    THINKING DIFFERENTLY WITH SPACE ELEVATORS
    By depending too much on rocketry and brute force, humanity might be missing its chance to glide into space on gossamer threads.
    By Dave Brody
  • 38
    WHAT IS THE BEST TRAJECTORY TO REACH AN ASTEROID?
    The European Space Agency’s Advanced Concepts Team held a contest for engineers to find the best trajectory from our planet to asteroid 2001 TW229.
    By Bill Christensen
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    The Next Great Journey
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    Failure to Launch
    The Bush Administration should have included space exploration and science in the American Competitiveness Initiative.
    By Dr. Ernest J. Cioffi
  • 42
    REVIEWS
    Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space
    Reviewed by John F. Kross
    Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 43
    COMMUNITY
    Space Settlements: Let’s Have No Unnecessary Sense of Self-limitation
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 44
    SPOTLIGHT
    Jack Fox: Founder of the Florida Space Coast Chapter of the National Space Society
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Apollo-Soyuz: A Remembrance
    By Andrew Chaikin