Ad Astra Spring 2016

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Ad Astra 2016 Spring (Volume 28 Number 1)

Cover image: The Grand Prize winner of the Space Settlement Design contest is shown on this issue’s cover.

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    NSS’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2016 IN PUERTO RICO

     

  • 18
    HUMANS ORBITING MARS
    A Critical Step in a Sustainable, Executable, and Affordable Mars Exploration Campaign
    By John Logsdon and Casey Dreier
  • 24
    HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO MARS
    By Dale L. Skran
  • 30
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: TESTBED FOR DEEP-SPACE MISSIONS
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 34
    IS THE CHINA SPACE STATION THE NEW ISS?
    By Mark Williamson
  • 38
    SPACE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK:
    What Happens in the Atmosphere as You Ascend to the Stars
    By Paul Contursi
  • 42
    THE ART OF LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE SETTLEMENTS:
    Winners of the Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 44
    TOUCHING STUDENTS’ LIVES:
    Space Settlement Teachers Acieve NSS Excellence Awards
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 45
    CONSTRUCTING SPACE HABITATS
    The NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 7
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 8
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    New NSS International Chapter in India Founded in Honor of Dr. Kalam
    By Karishma Inamdar, President and Founder
  • 10
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    NSS Congratulates Blue Origin on First Return to Launch Site of New Shepard
  • 46
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    China, the National Space Society, and Space Solar Power
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
    Space Colonization: “What are we waiting for?”
    By Keith Brian Lewis

Ad Astra 2016 Spring (Volume 28 Number 1)

Cover image: The Grand Prize winner of the Space Settlement Design contest is shown on this issue’s cover.

  • 12
    NSS’S INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2016 IN PUERTO RICO

     

  • 18
    HUMANS ORBITING MARS
    A Critical Step in a Sustainable, Executable, and Affordable Mars Exploration Campaign
    By John Logsdon and Casey Dreier
  • 24
    HOW TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO MARS
    By Dale L. Skran
  • 30
    THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: TESTBED FOR DEEP-SPACE MISSIONS
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 34
    IS THE CHINA SPACE STATION THE NEW ISS?
    By Mark Williamson
  • 38
    SPACE IS CLOSER THAN YOU THINK:
    What Happens in the Atmosphere as You Ascend to the Stars
    By Paul Contursi
  • 42
    THE ART OF LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE SETTLEMENTS:
    Winners of the Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 44
    TOUCHING STUDENTS’ LIVES:
    Space Settlement Teachers Acieve NSS Excellence Awards
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 45
    CONSTRUCTING SPACE HABITATS
    The NSS Roadmap to Space Settlement Student Art Contest
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 7
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 8
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    New NSS International Chapter in India Founded in Honor of Dr. Kalam
    By Karishma Inamdar, President and Founder
  • 10
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    NSS Congratulates Blue Origin on First Return to Launch Site of New Shepard
  • 46
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    China, the National Space Society, and Space Solar Power
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
    Space Colonization: “What are we waiting for?”
    By Keith Brian Lewis