Ad Astra Volume 27 Number 2 Summer 2015

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Ad Astra 2015 Summer (Volume 27 Number 2)

Cover image: Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low-Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space Station. Image credit: © Boeing.

  • 12
    BEYOND MARS:
    TRAVELS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

    By Michael Carroll
  • 18
    STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES:
    Getting in Shape for Space over the Next 10 Years
    By John F. Kross
  • 22
    COMMON GROUND:
    ASTEROID MINING AND PLANETARY DEFENSE

    By James C. Howe
  • 26
    ASTEROID MINING FOR SPACE TRAVEL
    By Dave Dietzler
  • 30
    THE FLEDGLING DRAGON:
    China’s Human Spaceflight Program

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 34
    SMALLSAT REVOLUTION
    By Mark Williamson
  • 40
    BEYOND BORDERS:
    THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY COMES TO CANADA

    By Chuck Black
  • 42
    TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
    MANKIND’S EXODUS TO THE STARS

    By Nelson Bridwell
  • 44
    AN INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE CAMPAIGN
    By Dave Dunlop and Fred Becker
  • 7
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 8
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    National Space Society Supports Atlantic Council Event
    By Dale Skran
  • 10
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Michael Snyder Brings “Firsts” to NSS Executive Committee:
    Two Degrees of Separation from Space
    By Anita Gale
  • 47
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    After 40 Years—Victory
    By Mark Hopkins

Ad Astra 2015 Summer (Volume 27 Number 2)

Cover image: Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low-Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space Station. Image credit: © Boeing.

  • 12
    BEYOND MARS:
    TRAVELS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM

    By Michael Carroll
  • 18
    STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES:
    Getting in Shape for Space over the Next 10 Years
    By John F. Kross
  • 22
    COMMON GROUND:
    ASTEROID MINING AND PLANETARY DEFENSE

    By James C. Howe
  • 26
    ASTEROID MINING FOR SPACE TRAVEL
    By Dave Dietzler
  • 30
    THE FLEDGLING DRAGON:
    China’s Human Spaceflight Program

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 34
    SMALLSAT REVOLUTION
    By Mark Williamson
  • 40
    BEYOND BORDERS:
    THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY COMES TO CANADA

    By Chuck Black
  • 42
    TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
    MANKIND’S EXODUS TO THE STARS

    By Nelson Bridwell
  • 44
    AN INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE CAMPAIGN
    By Dave Dunlop and Fred Becker
  • 7
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 8
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    National Space Society Supports Atlantic Council Event
    By Dale Skran
  • 10
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Michael Snyder Brings “Firsts” to NSS Executive Committee:
    Two Degrees of Separation from Space
    By Anita Gale
  • 47
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    After 40 Years—Victory
    By Mark Hopkins