Ad Astra 2024 Spring
- 14
INTELLIGENCE OF THE ARTIFICIAL KIND
AI and the Space Enterprise
By John F. Kross - 23
BEYOND BINARY HORIZONS
Exoplanets and Artificial Intuition
By Jordan Strickler - 29
NO CLOSED DOORS
Humanity Cannot be Geographically Contained, but Cooperation is Key
By Alfred B. Anzaldua - 32
PROTECTING THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Impetus for Extending Life Beyond Earth
By John F. Kross - 38
NO CITY ON MARS?
A Settlement-Oriented Read of “A City on Mars”
By Dale Skran - 41
BEYOND FLAGS AND FOOTPRINTS
Is Human Spaceflight Moving Past Nationalism?
By Douglas Graham Adler - 46
NEW FRONTIERS
Celebrating Black History in Space
By Melissa Silva - 51
NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD LUNAR MODULE
Saving a Surviving Apollo Lunar Module
By Douglas Graham Adler - 55
THE LEGACY OF INGENUITY
The Birth of Planetary Aviation
By Jordan Strickler - 59
PAINTING NATURE’S GREATEST GIFT
Chasing 2024’s Great Solar Eclipse with an Artistic Eye
By Rod Pyle
- 8
From the Editor:
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SPACEFLIGHT
By Rod Pyle - 9
From the NSS President:
HARNESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE FINAL FRONTIER
By Isaac Arthur - THE FIGHT FOR CLEAN ENERGY FROM SPACE: WHY SPACE SOLAR POWER IS THE ANSWER
By Dale Skran - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- 62
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
By Brian Harvey
Reviewed by Casey Suire - Star Sailor: The Overview Effect Chronicles
by Annahita Nezami and Frank White
Children’s Book Reviewed by Casey Suire
Ad Astra 2023 Fall
- 16
IN SPACE, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU ARGUE
By Dr. Alexander Simmonds - 20
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Blue Origin Pitches a Successful Lunar Bid
By John F. Kross - 28
WHO THE WILD THINGS ARE
What—or Who—Awaits Us at the Edge of Exploration?
By Jeff Stepp - 32
INDIA’S PLACE IN THE SUN
and the Moon and Mars
By John F. Kross - 38
SPACE STUDENTS
The Universities Space Research Association Pushes the Envelope
By Melissa Silva - 43
WHAT’S YOUR ORBIT?
Places for Orbital Settlements
By Mike Combs - 50
IT’S SUPER EARTH!
By Lance Frazer - 54
ANGLE OF ATTACK
Space Force: Guardians of (Our Piece of) the Galaxy
By John F. Kross
- 9
From the Editor:
LEGAL EAGLES IN SPACE
By Rod Pyle - 11
From the NSS President:
STAYING SANE IN AND ABOUT SPACE
By Isaac Arthur - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- 62
A Million Miles Away (Movie Review)
Reviewed by Dale Skran - Elon Musk, by Walter Isaacson
Reviewed by Dale Skran - The Space Economy, by Chad Anderson
Reviewed by Casey Suire
