Ad Astra Volume 13 Number 3 2001

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Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 3)

ON THE COVER: Pack your bags and head for space! Photo illustration by Andrew Ladson.

Featured Articles:

  • 16
    Access to Space
    The Key to Space Travel
    By T. A. Heppenheimer
  • 18
    Space Tourism: Waiting for the Golden Age
    By Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director, X Prize Foundation
  • 21
    When a Ticket to Ride?
    Public perceptions of space as citizen space travel’s greatest obstacle.
    By Amy Paige Snyder
  • 24
    Target: Red Planet
    NASA’s Advanced Mars Exploration Program and the challenge of a sample return.
    By Richard Wagner
  • 29
    Shenzhou-2: A Status Report
    Despite its modest resources, China promises to be a major player in space as the new millennium unfolds.
    By Andrew J. LePage
  • 32
    America and NASA
    What are the Nation’s perceptions of NASA? University of Texas students team up with NASA to find out.
    By James Osimo
  • 34
    Youth for Space in Turkey
    By The Space Research Working Group
  • 2 Chairman’s Message
  • 3 Letters
  • 4 Mission Control
  • 12 NSS Chapters
  • 14 NSS in Action
  • 15 Countdown
  • 44 Center for Lunar Research
  • 48 Spacefaring

Ad Astra 2001 (Volume 13 Number 3)

ON THE COVER: Pack your bags and head for space! Photo illustration by Andrew Ladson.

Featured Articles:

  • 16
    Access to Space
    The Key to Space Travel
    By T. A. Heppenheimer
  • 18
    Space Tourism: Waiting for the Golden Age
    By Gregg Maryniak, Executive Director, X Prize Foundation
  • 21
    When a Ticket to Ride?
    Public perceptions of space as citizen space travel’s greatest obstacle.
    By Amy Paige Snyder
  • 24
    Target: Red Planet
    NASA’s Advanced Mars Exploration Program and the challenge of a sample return.
    By Richard Wagner
  • 29
    Shenzhou-2: A Status Report
    Despite its modest resources, China promises to be a major player in space as the new millennium unfolds.
    By Andrew J. LePage
  • 32
    America and NASA
    What are the Nation’s perceptions of NASA? University of Texas students team up with NASA to find out.
    By James Osimo
  • 34
    Youth for Space in Turkey
    By The Space Research Working Group
  • 2 Chairman’s Message
  • 3 Letters
  • 4 Mission Control
  • 12 NSS Chapters
  • 14 NSS in Action
  • 15 Countdown
  • 44 Center for Lunar Research
  • 48 Spacefaring