Ad Astra Volume 19 Number 3 – Fall 2007

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Ad Astra 2007 Fall (Volume 19 Number 3)

  • 14
    FAIR WARNING, DEADLY RESPONSE
    In 2005 the U.S. Congress asked NASA to look into the asteroid threat to Earth, but the agency’s report has Near-Earth Object hunters raising more questions.
    By Leonard David
  • 18
    WORLDS BEYOND:
    BRINGING EXTRASOLAR PLANETS CLOSER TO HOME

    The National Space Society teamed up with NASA and Northrup Grumman to bring the wonders of the cosmos closer to home.
    By Cassie L. Kloberdanz
  • 23
    SPECIAL REPORT
    SPACE: 2057
    Introduction by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
  • 24
    NASA: THE NEXT 50 YEARS
    Despite limitations in time, technology and money, the United States’ premier space exploration agency will continue to think of bigger and bolder missions.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 26
    IS THERE A BORG IN OUR FUTURE?
    In this excerpt from their forthcoming book Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel, the authors describe a future where man and machine are one.
    By Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy
  • 28
    FUTURE SHOCK:
    ALTERNATIVE SPACE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS

    The key to the successful exploration of our solar system depends on humanity’s ability to harness new technologies.
    By John C. Mankins
  • 32
    GOING NATIVE ON MARS
    Metallic cities on alien worlds may sell science fiction comics and movies, but for humanity’s first pioneers, communities will grow from the soil and sand of their new home.
    By Bart Leahy
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    Heroes at Scaled Composites
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Committee
  • 20
    OPINION
    The Future of Freedom in Space
    By William Bruner
  • 38
    BOOK REVIEWS
    Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space
    Reviewed by Alan Boyle
    A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957—The Space Race Begins
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 39
    COMMUNITY
    Future History: How the Space Movement Changed Our Future
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 40
    SPOTLIGHT
    Pushing Space Settlement Forward: At the National Space Society’s 2007 International Space Development Conference
    By Al Globus
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Sputnik’s Legacy
    So much changes in so little time. In the 50 years since the first human satellite was launched, humanity has changed, hopefully for the better.
    By James Oberg

Ad Astra 2007 Fall (Volume 19 Number 3)

  • 14
    FAIR WARNING, DEADLY RESPONSE
    In 2005 the U.S. Congress asked NASA to look into the asteroid threat to Earth, but the agency’s report has Near-Earth Object hunters raising more questions.
    By Leonard David
  • 18
    WORLDS BEYOND:
    BRINGING EXTRASOLAR PLANETS CLOSER TO HOME

    The National Space Society teamed up with NASA and Northrup Grumman to bring the wonders of the cosmos closer to home.
    By Cassie L. Kloberdanz
  • 23
    SPECIAL REPORT
    SPACE: 2057
    Introduction by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
  • 24
    NASA: THE NEXT 50 YEARS
    Despite limitations in time, technology and money, the United States’ premier space exploration agency will continue to think of bigger and bolder missions.
    By Jeff Foust
  • 26
    IS THERE A BORG IN OUR FUTURE?
    In this excerpt from their forthcoming book Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution, and Interplanetary Travel, the authors describe a future where man and machine are one.
    By Roger D. Launius and Howard E. McCurdy
  • 28
    FUTURE SHOCK:
    ALTERNATIVE SPACE TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NEXT 50 YEARS

    The key to the successful exploration of our solar system depends on humanity’s ability to harness new technologies.
    By John C. Mankins
  • 32
    GOING NATIVE ON MARS
    Metallic cities on alien worlds may sell science fiction comics and movies, but for humanity’s first pioneers, communities will grow from the soil and sand of their new home.
    By Bart Leahy
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    Heroes at Scaled Composites
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Committee
  • 20
    OPINION
    The Future of Freedom in Space
    By William Bruner
  • 38
    BOOK REVIEWS
    Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldly Privatizing Space
    Reviewed by Alan Boyle
    A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957—The Space Race Begins
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 39
    COMMUNITY
    Future History: How the Space Movement Changed Our Future
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 40
    SPOTLIGHT
    Pushing Space Settlement Forward: At the National Space Society’s 2007 International Space Development Conference
    By Al Globus
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Sputnik’s Legacy
    So much changes in so little time. In the 50 years since the first human satellite was launched, humanity has changed, hopefully for the better.
    By James Oberg