Ad Astra Volume 19 Number 2 – Summer 2007

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Ad Astra 2007 Summer (Volume 19 Number 2)

  • 14
    SPACE BUSINESS BOOMING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST “ROCKET BELT”
    From Texas to New Mexico up into California’s Central Valley, space entrepreneurs are setting up shop.
    By Leonard David
  • 18
    SPACE-BASED WEAPONS:
    A LEGACY OF DISASTER AND DISCOVERY

    China’s recent show of military strength in space echoes the parry and feint of the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. A history lesson could help us avoid any further escalation.
    By Jim Oberg
  • 20
    EARTH TWO?
    Once only a theory, a newly discovered world may be similar to our own.
    By Ker Than
  • 25
    SPECIAL REPORT
    GREEN REVOLUTION IN THE FINAL FRONTIER

    Introduction by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
  • 26
    WANTED: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER US
    As global climate change becomes accepted as a reality, space-based assets take center stage.
    By Leonard David
  • 28
    IN THE LIGHT OF AN ANGRY SUN
    Our Sun warms and coaxes life on Earth, but its gift of energy is a double-edged sword.
    By Dr. Barbara J. Thompson
  • 30
    HARD LIFE FOR MICROBES AND HUMANS ON THE RED PLANET
    Unless humanity is cautious, the search for life on Mars may cause more harm if it is indeed found.
    By Dr. Christopher P. McKay
  • 32
    CLEAR SKIES:
    UNDERSTANDING THE ORBITAL DEBRIS PROBLEM

    Not content to keep his litter planetside, mankind has exported the problem into low Earth orbit, endangering his own explorations.
    By Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell
  • 36
    THE WINNERS OF THE 2007 NSS SPACE SETTLEMENT ART CONTEST
    By Jim Plaxco
    [More information]
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    The Spacefarer’s Oath
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    NASA Needs the Institute for Advanced Concepts
    By Matthew Silver
  • 42
    REVIEW
    Spacecraft Films Apollo DVDs
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 43
    COMMUNITY
    Finding Community
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 44
    SPOTLIGHT
    National Space Society Selects International Space University Scholarship Winners
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Kennedy Space Center: 45 Years of Service
    The missions change, but America’s leading spaceport rises to the occasion time and time again.
    By Jim Banke

Ad Astra 2007 Summer (Volume 19 Number 2)

  • 14
    SPACE BUSINESS BOOMING ALONG THE SOUTHWEST “ROCKET BELT”
    From Texas to New Mexico up into California’s Central Valley, space entrepreneurs are setting up shop.
    By Leonard David
  • 18
    SPACE-BASED WEAPONS:
    A LEGACY OF DISASTER AND DISCOVERY

    China’s recent show of military strength in space echoes the parry and feint of the U.S. and Soviet Union during the Cold War. A history lesson could help us avoid any further escalation.
    By Jim Oberg
  • 20
    EARTH TWO?
    Once only a theory, a newly discovered world may be similar to our own.
    By Ker Than
  • 25
    SPECIAL REPORT
    GREEN REVOLUTION IN THE FINAL FRONTIER

    Introduction by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides
  • 26
    WANTED: SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER US
    As global climate change becomes accepted as a reality, space-based assets take center stage.
    By Leonard David
  • 28
    IN THE LIGHT OF AN ANGRY SUN
    Our Sun warms and coaxes life on Earth, but its gift of energy is a double-edged sword.
    By Dr. Barbara J. Thompson
  • 30
    HARD LIFE FOR MICROBES AND HUMANS ON THE RED PLANET
    Unless humanity is cautious, the search for life on Mars may cause more harm if it is indeed found.
    By Dr. Christopher P. McKay
  • 32
    CLEAR SKIES:
    UNDERSTANDING THE ORBITAL DEBRIS PROBLEM

    Not content to keep his litter planetside, mankind has exported the problem into low Earth orbit, endangering his own explorations.
    By Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell
  • 36
    THE WINNERS OF THE 2007 NSS SPACE SETTLEMENT ART CONTEST
    By Jim Plaxco
    [More information]
  • 5
    LETTER FROM
    HEADQUARTERS
    The Spacefarer’s Oath
    By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director
  • 20
    OPINION
    NASA Needs the Institute for Advanced Concepts
    By Matthew Silver
  • 42
    REVIEW
    Spacecraft Films Apollo DVDs
    Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
  • 43
    COMMUNITY
    Finding Community
    By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • 44
    SPOTLIGHT
    National Space Society Selects International Space University Scholarship Winners
  • 45
    CHAPTER LISTINGS
  • 48
    SIGNING OFF
    Kennedy Space Center: 45 Years of Service
    The missions change, but America’s leading spaceport rises to the occasion time and time again.
    By Jim Banke