Ad Astra Volume 24 Number 3 – Fall 2012

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Ad Astra 2012 Fall (Volume 24 Number 3)

Cover image courtesy SpaceX.

  • 12
    ISDC 2012 Looking into the Promised Land
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 16
    MILESTONES TO SPACE SETTLEMENT: AN NSS ROADMAP
    Introduction and Outline of the complete online Roadmap
  • 20
    THE TYRANNY OF THE ROCKET EQUATION

    By Atronaut Don Pettit (written aboard the International Space Station)
  • 26
    DRAGON SOARS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Douglas Messier
  • 30
    IS A MOON BASE IN OUR FUTURE?
    By Gordon Woodcock
  • 34
    X-37B: THE AIR FORCE’S NEW SPACE PLANE
    By David Kane
  • 38
    NSS RECOGNIZES STUDENT SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGN WINNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 42
    2012 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    Honorees at the 2012 NSS International Space Development Conference
    By John K. Strickland
  • 44
    KSI AND NSS BRING SPACE TO THE CAROLINA COAST
    By Walt Putnam
  • 8
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Onward, Upward…On the Shoulders of Giants
    By Paul Damphousse
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 40
    2012 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS CEREMONY
  • 41
    HERITAGE PANEL REFLECTS ON THE PAST AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
    By Ariel I. Rayman
  • 46
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    We Are Winning!
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Space Experience Economy Seminars
    By John Spencer

Ad Astra 2012 Fall (Volume 24 Number 3)

Cover image courtesy SpaceX.

  • 12
    ISDC 2012 Looking into the Promised Land
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 16
    MILESTONES TO SPACE SETTLEMENT: AN NSS ROADMAP
    Introduction and Outline of the complete online Roadmap
  • 20
    THE TYRANNY OF THE ROCKET EQUATION

    By Atronaut Don Pettit (written aboard the International Space Station)
  • 26
    DRAGON SOARS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Douglas Messier
  • 30
    IS A MOON BASE IN OUR FUTURE?
    By Gordon Woodcock
  • 34
    X-37B: THE AIR FORCE’S NEW SPACE PLANE
    By David Kane
  • 38
    NSS RECOGNIZES STUDENT SPACE SETTLEMENT DESIGN WINNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 42
    2012 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    Honorees at the 2012 NSS International Space Development Conference
    By John K. Strickland
  • 44
    KSI AND NSS BRING SPACE TO THE CAROLINA COAST
    By Walt Putnam
  • 8
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Onward, Upward…On the Shoulders of Giants
    By Paul Damphousse
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 40
    2012 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS CEREMONY
  • 41
    HERITAGE PANEL REFLECTS ON THE PAST AND LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
    By Ariel I. Rayman
  • 46
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    We Are Winning!
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Space Experience Economy Seminars
    By John Spencer