Ad Astra 2021 Winter

Ad Astra 2021

Ad Astra 2021 Winter (Volume 33 Number 1)

  • 12
    A SAFE TOUCHDOWN FOR PERSEVERANCE
    The Quest for Life on Mars Begins

    By Rod Pyle
  • 19
    GERARD K. O’NEILL: A HEROIC LIFE
    By Emily Carney
  • 24
    HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER IS ABOUT TO GET REAL
    A Conversation with Space Entrepreneur Joel Sercel

    By Melissa Silva
  • 34
    THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S LIMITS TO GROWTH
    An Updated Model for O’Neill Habitats

    By Jeffrey Greenblatt, Ph.D.
  • 40
    COSMIC DREAMING AND QUARANTINING
    Space Settlement and COVID-19
    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    MARS HAS MOXIE!
    By Rod Pyle with Dr. Michael Hecht
  • 54
    BUT DON’T COUNT THE MARTIANS OUT
    Rumors of Martian Independence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
    By Michelle Hanlon
  • 60
    DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF TO LIVE IN A SPACE SETTLEMENT?
    By Nancy Atkinson
  • 64
    GOING INTERSTELLAR:
    The Bold Vision of Jeff Greason

    By Rhonda Stevenson, Rod Pyle, and Melissa Silva
  • 70
    FACING ARGUMENTS AGAINST SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Al Globus
  • 77
    ARE LAVA TUBES THE RIGHT PLACE FOR SETTLEMENTS ON THE MOON AND MARS?
    By Rod Pyle
  • 84
    WHICH FLOOR PLEASE? GEO, MOON, OR MARS?
    A New Architecture for Space Elevators
    By Pete Swan, Ph.D., and Cathy Swan, Ph.D.
  • 90
    STUDIES IN SPACE SETTLEMENT
    The NSS Literature Review
    By Hanna Rens
  • 9
    From the Editor: SPACE SETTLEMENT, THE BIG VISION
    By Rod Pyle
  • 11
    From the NSS Chief Operating Officer
    WHY SPACE SETTLEMENT?
    By Dale Skran
  • 93
    BOOKS

    America’s New Destiny in Space, by Glenn Harland Reynolds
    Space is Open for Business, by Robert C. Jacobson
    Reviewed by Mark Lardas

    Star Settlers: The Billionaires, Geniuses, and Crazed Visionaries out to Conquer the Universe, by Fred Nadis
    Reviewed by Dale Skran
  • 95
    NSS CHAPTERS

Ad Astra 2021 Winter (Volume 33 Number 1)

  • 12
    A SAFE TOUCHDOWN FOR PERSEVERANCE
    The Quest for Life on Mars Begins

    By Rod Pyle
  • 19
    GERARD K. O’NEILL: A HEROIC LIFE
    By Emily Carney
  • 24
    HOMESTEADING THE HIGH FRONTIER IS ABOUT TO GET REAL
    A Conversation with Space Entrepreneur Joel Sercel

    By Melissa Silva
  • 34
    THE SOLAR SYSTEM’S LIMITS TO GROWTH
    An Updated Model for O’Neill Habitats

    By Jeffrey Greenblatt, Ph.D.
  • 40
    COSMIC DREAMING AND QUARANTINING
    Space Settlement and COVID-19
    By John F. Kross
  • 50
    MARS HAS MOXIE!
    By Rod Pyle with Dr. Michael Hecht
  • 54
    BUT DON’T COUNT THE MARTIANS OUT
    Rumors of Martian Independence Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
    By Michelle Hanlon
  • 60
    DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PSYCHOLOGICAL STUFF TO LIVE IN A SPACE SETTLEMENT?
    By Nancy Atkinson
  • 64
    GOING INTERSTELLAR:
    The Bold Vision of Jeff Greason

    By Rhonda Stevenson, Rod Pyle, and Melissa Silva
  • 70
    FACING ARGUMENTS AGAINST SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Al Globus
  • 77
    ARE LAVA TUBES THE RIGHT PLACE FOR SETTLEMENTS ON THE MOON AND MARS?
    By Rod Pyle
  • 84
    WHICH FLOOR PLEASE? GEO, MOON, OR MARS?
    A New Architecture for Space Elevators
    By Pete Swan, Ph.D., and Cathy Swan, Ph.D.
  • 90
    STUDIES IN SPACE SETTLEMENT
    The NSS Literature Review
    By Hanna Rens
  • 9
    From the Editor: SPACE SETTLEMENT, THE BIG VISION
    By Rod Pyle
  • 11
    From the NSS Chief Operating Officer
    WHY SPACE SETTLEMENT?
    By Dale Skran
  • 93
    BOOKS

    America’s New Destiny in Space, by Glenn Harland Reynolds
    Space is Open for Business, by Robert C. Jacobson
    Reviewed by Mark Lardas

    Star Settlers: The Billionaires, Geniuses, and Crazed Visionaries out to Conquer the Universe, by Fred Nadis
    Reviewed by Dale Skran
  • 95
    NSS CHAPTERS