Ad Astra
The magazine of the National Space Society
Volume 17, Number 1 Spring 2005
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Featured Articles:
14
MARS: THE ROAD SO FAR
Two robots have changed the way humanity views Mars
By Tariq Malik
16
LICENSED TO FLY?
SPACE TOURISMS NEXT BATTLE
By Leonard David
20
EMERGING CHINA, ENGAGING CHINA
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera
21
CHINA’S SPACE AMBITIONS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. SECURITY
By Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D.
22
MILESTONES IN CHINA’S QUEST FOR SPACE
A year-by-year chart
24
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
THE RUSSIA MODEL
By Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D.
26
ENGAGE CHINA, ENGAGE THE WORLD
By Jeffrey Lewis, Ph.D.
28
EUROPE AND CHINA
By Vincent Sabathier
30
TERRAFORMING: HUMAN DESTINY OR HUBRIS?
By Dave Brody
34
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING:
EDUCATING ROBOTS ABOUT EMOTION
Science fiction depicts robots with varying amounts of humanness.
By Bill Christensen
Departments:
7
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Titan, Virgin Galactic, and you: What is the connection?
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
18
OPINION
Sharpening the Focus on the Space Vision
By James Oberg
36
REVIEWS
Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon
Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
Reviewed by Jim Banke
38
COMMUNITY
Planet Earth: Our Moody Mother
By Greg Allison, Chairman of the Executive Committee
39
CHAPTER LISTINGS
48
SIGNING OFF
Celebrate Yuri’s Night
By Loretta Hidalgo