Ad Astra Volume 22 Number 2 – Summer 2010

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Ad Astra 2010 Summer (Volume 22 Number 2)

On the Cover: The International Space Station flew across the face of the Moon over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Image Credit: NASA Photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria.

Featured Articles:

  • 9
    THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA FOR SPACE
    NSS applauds the President’s commitment to the mission of NASA and the role of space in providing for the future.
  • 17
    MISSION TRAINING: ATLANTIS’S FINAL FLIGHT
    Atlantis takes her final historic flight.
    by Peter Trabucco
  • 20
    FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THIN AIR
    International problem solving on the ISS.
    By Tabatha Thompson
  • 24
    A NEW ERA FOR SCIENCE:
    RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    AMERICA’S SPACE PROGRAM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CONFERENCE
    The President defends his budget.
    By Lewis Groswald
  • 30
    SPACESHIP TWO HAS WINGS
    Space tourism efforts are underway.
    By Douglas Mesier
  • 32
    A LOOK AT LUNAR EXPLORATION FOR NASA
  • Looking at what’s involved with returning to the Moon
    By David Schlom
  • 38
    IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR READY FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT?
    A look at the issues involved in commercial human spaceflight
    By Jeffrey Foust
  • 44
    NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
    Don’t leave Earth without it! By James Schier
  • 10
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Farewell…
    By Brett Silcox
  • 11
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 13
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Student innovators from the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards.
    By Lynne Zielinski
  • 14
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Upwards and Onwards: Space tourism offers a new dimension to humankind’s curiosity
    By Meghan Baker
  • 42
    INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE DESIGN COMPETITION
    By Peter Garretson
  • 43
    EDITORIAL
    Not Much Has Changed…
    By Dr. Al Koller
  • 46
    SPACE SETTLEMENT
    The Long Run Geopolitics of Space Settlements
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    Change Is All Around Us By Gary Barnhard

Ad Astra 2010 Summer (Volume 22 Number 2)

On the Cover: The International Space Station flew across the face of the Moon over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida approximately 15 minutes before the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-131 mission. Image Credit: NASA Photo courtesy of Fernando Echeverria.

Featured Articles:

  • 9
    THE PRESIDENT’S AGENDA FOR SPACE
    NSS applauds the President’s commitment to the mission of NASA and the role of space in providing for the future.
  • 17
    MISSION TRAINING: ATLANTIS’S FINAL FLIGHT
    Atlantis takes her final historic flight.
    by Peter Trabucco
  • 20
    FINDING SOLUTIONS IN THIN AIR
    International problem solving on the ISS.
    By Tabatha Thompson
  • 24
    A NEW ERA FOR SCIENCE:
    RESEARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 28
    AMERICA’S SPACE PROGRAM FOR THE 21ST CENTURY CONFERENCE
    The President defends his budget.
    By Lewis Groswald
  • 30
    SPACESHIP TWO HAS WINGS
    Space tourism efforts are underway.
    By Douglas Mesier
  • 32
    A LOOK AT LUNAR EXPLORATION FOR NASA
  • Looking at what’s involved with returning to the Moon
    By David Schlom
  • 38
    IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR READY FOR HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT?
    A look at the issues involved in commercial human spaceflight
    By Jeffrey Foust
  • 44
    NASA’S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION
    Don’t leave Earth without it! By James Schier
  • 10
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    Farewell…
    By Brett Silcox
  • 11
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 13
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Student innovators from the Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards.
    By Lynne Zielinski
  • 14
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    Upwards and Onwards: Space tourism offers a new dimension to humankind’s curiosity
    By Meghan Baker
  • 42
    INTERNATIONAL COLLEGIATE SOLAR POWER SATELLITE DESIGN COMPETITION
    By Peter Garretson
  • 43
    EDITORIAL
    Not Much Has Changed…
    By Dr. Al Koller
  • 46
    SPACE SETTLEMENT
    The Long Run Geopolitics of Space Settlements
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 47
    LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
    Change Is All Around Us By Gary Barnhard