Ad Astra
The magazine of the National Space Society
Volume 13, Number 1 January – February 2001
ON THE COVER: The NSS Roadmap for the Settlement of Space is the result of a 2-year strategic planning effort involving the Society’s Board of Directors and top leadership.
Featured Articles:
10
NSS Envisioned Milestones on the Roadmap to Human Settlement of Space
By the NSS Board of Directors
16
NSS Statement of Philosophy
As adopted by the NSS Board of Directors
20
Technological Barriers to Space Settlement
By Gordon R. Woodcock
24
Space Settlement Barriers and Milestones
By Chris Pancratz
26
Political Barriers to Human Settlement of Space
Government Obstacles to Commercialization
By Dana J. Johnson
29
Lack of Public Interest
By Charles D. Walker
32
Social Barriers: Healthcare Issues
By Linda Plush and Eleanor A. O’Rangers
36
Economic Barriers to Space Settlement
By Mark Hopkins
39
Lack of Sovereignty
By Glenn Reynolds
42
Bringing Space to a School
By Carol Luckhardt Redfield
45
Space, Nanotechnology, and Techno-Worries
By Glenn Reynolds
Departments:
2
Chairmans Message
4 Mission Control
9 Countdown