Ad Astra Volume 25 Number 4 Winter 2013

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Ad Astra 2013 Winter (Volume 25 Number 4)

Cover Image: Now that ISS has demonstrated the technology, engineering, and operations for living and working in Earth orbital space, the next step for NASA could be establishing a city in space, assembled from modular components, to serve multiple uses. IMAGE CREDIT: Joshua Sams, Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), Inc., under contract to NASA Langley Research Center.

  • 12
    DISTANT SKYLINE:
    A Vision for What’s Beyond ISS

    By Doris Hamill
  • 16
    CHOOSING FOR SCIENCE:
    The Farside of the Moon
    by Marianne Dyson
  • 20
    A MODULAR PARADIGM FOR EXPLORATION
    By James E. Van Laak
  • 24
    IN ONE GIANT LEAP
    Shackleton Energy Company’s Strategic Vision
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    COMMERCIAL CARGO COMPETITION
    Dragon turns up the heat; Cygnus trumpets test flight
    By John F. Kross
  • 32
    A BOLD NEW MISSION:
    Asteroid redirect with crew sample return

    By Marianne Dyson
  • 36
    A SUMMER IN NEW SPACE, 2013
    By Dale L. Skran
  • 40
    CLOSER EVERY DAY:
    An interview with George Whitesides

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 42
    NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    Honorees at the 2013 NSS International Space Development Conference
    By John K. Strickland
  • 44
    UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE 2013
    by Dr. Amanda L. Moore
  • 8
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Help NSS Bring Our Vision to Life
    By Karen Mermel
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 10
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    ISDC Is Back in L.A.!
    Space Settlements Represent Hope for Humankind
  • 46
    LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    Interstellar Space Settlement
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
    Creating the Future
    By Gary Barnhard

Ad Astra 2013 Winter (Volume 25 Number 4)

Cover Image: Now that ISS has demonstrated the technology, engineering, and operations for living and working in Earth orbital space, the next step for NASA could be establishing a city in space, assembled from modular components, to serve multiple uses. IMAGE CREDIT: Joshua Sams, Analytical Mechanics Associates (AMA), Inc., under contract to NASA Langley Research Center.

  • 12
    DISTANT SKYLINE:
    A Vision for What’s Beyond ISS

    By Doris Hamill
  • 16
    CHOOSING FOR SCIENCE:
    The Farside of the Moon
    by Marianne Dyson
  • 20
    A MODULAR PARADIGM FOR EXPLORATION
    By James E. Van Laak
  • 24
    IN ONE GIANT LEAP
    Shackleton Energy Company’s Strategic Vision
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    COMMERCIAL CARGO COMPETITION
    Dragon turns up the heat; Cygnus trumpets test flight
    By John F. Kross
  • 32
    A BOLD NEW MISSION:
    Asteroid redirect with crew sample return

    By Marianne Dyson
  • 36
    A SUMMER IN NEW SPACE, 2013
    By Dale L. Skran
  • 40
    CLOSER EVERY DAY:
    An interview with George Whitesides

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 42
    NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    Honorees at the 2013 NSS International Space Development Conference
    By John K. Strickland
  • 44
    UN COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USES OF OUTER SPACE 2013
    by Dr. Amanda L. Moore
  • 8
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Help NSS Bring Our Vision to Life
    By Karen Mermel
  • 9
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 10
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    ISDC Is Back in L.A.!
    Space Settlements Represent Hope for Humankind
  • 46
    LETTER FROM EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    Interstellar Space Settlement
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
    Creating the Future
    By Gary Barnhard