Ad Astra Volume 23 Number 4 – Winter 2011

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Ad Astra 2011 Winter (Volume 23 Number 4)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    SPACE SHUTTLE TRIBUTE SERIES
    Illustrations from the KSC Launch Control Center
  • 16
    SHUTTLE RETIREMENT: THE END OF AN ERA?
    Report from an interview with the crew of the final shuttle mission
    by Pete Trabucco
  • 18
    MARTIAN DREAMS
    A Tribute to the Possibilities of Our Future By Hugh Downs
  • 22
    TAKING THE HIGH ROADS TO SPACE
    CCDev2 Jupstarts Atlas, Falcon, and More
    By John F. Kross
  • 28
    ISS: AFTER THE SPACE SHUTTLE
    By Stefano Coledan
  • 32
    THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
    Could Mars be the source of life on Earth?
    By David Warmflash
  • 36
    LOCATING LUNAR SUBWAYS
    Lava tubes could serve as key habitats, and fewer than 100 have been found so far
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 40
    THE FIRST AND THE LAST
    A Personal Reminiscence of the Shuttle Era
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 43
    NSS-KALAM INITIATIVE REACHES OUT TO CHINA
    By Dave Dunlop
  • 8
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Actions Speak Louder than Words
    By Gary Barnhard
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 11
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Juno Launch Tweetup
    By Tim Bailey
  • 12
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
    By Lee Jones
  • 46
    STATEMENT FROM THE NSS POLICY COMMITTEE
    The National Space Society’s Call to Action for American Leadership in Civil Space
  • 47
    UPDATE
    Space Settlement
    By Howard Bloom and Jon LaBore

Ad Astra 2011 Winter (Volume 23 Number 4)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    SPACE SHUTTLE TRIBUTE SERIES
    Illustrations from the KSC Launch Control Center
  • 16
    SHUTTLE RETIREMENT: THE END OF AN ERA?
    Report from an interview with the crew of the final shuttle mission
    by Pete Trabucco
  • 18
    MARTIAN DREAMS
    A Tribute to the Possibilities of Our Future By Hugh Downs
  • 22
    TAKING THE HIGH ROADS TO SPACE
    CCDev2 Jupstarts Atlas, Falcon, and More
    By John F. Kross
  • 28
    ISS: AFTER THE SPACE SHUTTLE
    By Stefano Coledan
  • 32
    THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
    Could Mars be the source of life on Earth?
    By David Warmflash
  • 36
    LOCATING LUNAR SUBWAYS
    Lava tubes could serve as key habitats, and fewer than 100 have been found so far
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 40
    THE FIRST AND THE LAST
    A Personal Reminiscence of the Shuttle Era
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 43
    NSS-KALAM INITIATIVE REACHES OUT TO CHINA
    By Dave Dunlop
  • 8
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Actions Speak Louder than Words
    By Gary Barnhard
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 11
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Juno Launch Tweetup
    By Tim Bailey
  • 12
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    An Update for NSS Space Ambassadors
    By Lee Jones
  • 46
    STATEMENT FROM THE NSS POLICY COMMITTEE
    The National Space Society’s Call to Action for American Leadership in Civil Space
  • 47
    UPDATE
    Space Settlement
    By Howard Bloom and Jon LaBore