Featured Articles:
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CLASH OF THE TITANS
Starship and the Space Launch System
By John F. Kross
25
A SIX-DECADE QUEST FOR SPACEFLIGHT
By Loretta Hall
30
ASTRONAUT OR NOT?
By Rod Pyle
35
A SPACE SETTLEMENT PRIMER
By Melissa Silva
42
SOLAR SYSTEM SOCIAL DISTANCING
Planetary Protection in the NewSpace Era
By John F. Kross
50
WHAT’S IN AN ACRONYM?
Inside NASA’s NIAC Program for Advanced Technology
By Melissa Silva
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ATOMIC ROCKETS AT LAST!
By Melissa Silva
56
MEDICINE IN THE SPACE FRONTIER
Profiling Dr. Shawna Pandya
By Robin Scott
Departments:
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From the Editor: FLASH FORWARD: A BRIGHT NEW FUTURE IN SPACEFLIGHT
By Rod Pyle
11
From the NSS Chairman of the Board of Governors
WE ARE ALL STARDUST
By Karlton Johnson
15
DISRUPTION BY DESIGN
Why the Story of Space Settlement Has Yet to Be Written
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
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BOOKS
Developing Space by John F. Strickland
Reviewed by Casey Suire
Shuttle Mission Control, by Marianne J. Dyson
Reviewed by Emily Carney
Astronaut Al Travels to the Moon, by Al Worden and Francis French
Reviewed by Rod Pyle
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NSS CHAPTERS