Ad Astra Spring 2018

Ad Astra 2018 Spring (Volume 30 Number 2)

  • 16
    JOHN YOUNG: THE QUIET MAN
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 18
    THE NSS SPACE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM TAKES OFF AGAIN
    By Stevan Akerley, Loretta Hall, and Jeff Smith
  • 20
    JEFF BEZOS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF SPACE
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 24
    THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL SPACES: RAJIV UTTAMCHANDANI
    By Brittany Fetkin
  • 24
    A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 26
    THE WORD THAT CHANGED MY VIEW OF EVERYTHING
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 28
    A PASSION FOR STEAM: A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRONAUT NICOLE STOTT
    By Brittany Fetkin
  • 30
    ALL THE PRESIDENT’S SPACEMEN
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 34
    WHY COLONIZE MARS
    By Shaun Moss
  • 38
    LEARNING TO ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 40
    HEAVY METAL: FALCON HEAVY’S SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OPENS NEW VISTAS
    By John F. Kross
  • 46
    THE DAY MARS DIED
    The Historic Journey of Mariner 4 

    By Rod Pyle
  • 50
    BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: ROUND TWO
    SLS vs Falcon Heavy vs New Glenn

    By Dale L. Skran
  • 56
    “ARTEMIS”
    A Conversation with Andy Weir, Part 1
    With Rod Pyle
  • 60
    THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 5
    Letter from the Managing Editor
    AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
    By Aggie Kobrin
  • 7
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 62
    PACIFIC RIM CHAPTERS WILL BE PROMINENT AT ISDC 2018
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 64
    BIG IDEAS EMERGE FROM THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
    By Rod Pyle
  • 66
    BOOKS

    Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
    , by Scott Kelly
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
    Artemis, by Andy Weir
    Reviewed by Robert A. Lee

  • 68
    NSS CHAPTERS

Ad Astra 2018 Spring (Volume 30 Number 2)

  • 16
    JOHN YOUNG: THE QUIET MAN
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 18
    THE NSS SPACE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM TAKES OFF AGAIN
    By Stevan Akerley, Loretta Hall, and Jeff Smith
  • 20
    JEFF BEZOS AND THE SETTLEMENT OF SPACE
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 24
    THE POWER OF BEAUTIFUL SPACES: RAJIV UTTAMCHANDANI
    By Brittany Fetkin
  • 24
    A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 26
    THE WORD THAT CHANGED MY VIEW OF EVERYTHING
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 28
    A PASSION FOR STEAM: A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRONAUT NICOLE STOTT
    By Brittany Fetkin
  • 30
    ALL THE PRESIDENT’S SPACEMEN
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 34
    WHY COLONIZE MARS
    By Shaun Moss
  • 38
    LEARNING TO ANSWER THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 40
    HEAVY METAL: FALCON HEAVY’S SUCCESSFUL DEBUT OPENS NEW VISTAS
    By John F. Kross
  • 46
    THE DAY MARS DIED
    The Historic Journey of Mariner 4 

    By Rod Pyle
  • 50
    BATTLE OF THE COLOSSI: ROUND TWO
    SLS vs Falcon Heavy vs New Glenn

    By Dale L. Skran
  • 56
    “ARTEMIS”
    A Conversation with Andy Weir, Part 1
    With Rod Pyle
  • 60
    THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 5
    Letter from the Managing Editor
    AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
    By Aggie Kobrin
  • 7
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    THE STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 62
    PACIFIC RIM CHAPTERS WILL BE PROMINENT AT ISDC 2018
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 64
    BIG IDEAS EMERGE FROM THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
    By Rod Pyle
  • 66
    BOOKS

    Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
    , by Scott Kelly
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
    Artemis, by Andy Weir
    Reviewed by Robert A. Lee

  • 68
    NSS CHAPTERS