Ad Astra Volume 23 Number 3 – Fall 2011

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Ad Astra 2011 Fall (Volume 23 Number 3)

  • 14
    THE ERA OF EXOPLANETS HAS ARRIVED
    Getting to know the billions of planets beyond our Solar System.
    By Marc Kaufman
  • 20
    ISDC 2011:
    New Beginnings in Space
    by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    PROGNOSIS FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
    By Mark Williamson
  • 28
    VISIONS & VOYAGES
    Planetary Science Priorities for 2013-2022
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 32
    THE MOON IS A NEAR EARTH OBJECT
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 36
    BEEN THERE … NEVER DONE THIS!
    Proposals for an International Lunar Research Park
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 40
    ALIGNING NASA WITH NATIONAL SPACE GOALS:
    A Strategy for Space Settlement
    By Jeff Greason
    [See video of Greason’s ISDC speech]
  • 46
    2011 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    By John K. Strickland
  • 9
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Werner von Braun Award Honoring the Hayabusa Team
  • 10
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    The False Dichotomy: Government and Commercial Rockets
    By Gary Barnhard
  • 11
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 12
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    So you want to go to space? Here’s your chance!
    By Lee Jones
  • 42
    NSS AT THE UNITED NATIONS
    By Amanda Moore
  • 44
    COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
    United Nations Stamps honor 50th Anniversary of Human Space Flight
  • 45
    STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    The Ultimate Goal of NSS
    By Mark Hopkins

Ad Astra 2011 Fall (Volume 23 Number 3)

  • 14
    THE ERA OF EXOPLANETS HAS ARRIVED
    Getting to know the billions of planets beyond our Solar System.
    By Marc Kaufman
  • 20
    ISDC 2011:
    New Beginnings in Space
    by Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    PROGNOSIS FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT
    By Mark Williamson
  • 28
    VISIONS & VOYAGES
    Planetary Science Priorities for 2013-2022
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 32
    THE MOON IS A NEAR EARTH OBJECT
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 36
    BEEN THERE … NEVER DONE THIS!
    Proposals for an International Lunar Research Park
    By Bruce Pittman
  • 40
    ALIGNING NASA WITH NATIONAL SPACE GOALS:
    A Strategy for Space Settlement
    By Jeff Greason
    [See video of Greason’s ISDC speech]
  • 46
    2011 NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY AWARDS
    By John K. Strickland
  • 9
    NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Werner von Braun Award Honoring the Hayabusa Team
  • 10
    LETTER FROM HEADQUARTERS
    The False Dichotomy: Government and Commercial Rockets
    By Gary Barnhard
  • 11
    LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
    By Pat Silver
  • 12
    NSS CORRESPONDENCE
    So you want to go to space? Here’s your chance!
    By Lee Jones
  • 42
    NSS AT THE UNITED NATIONS
    By Amanda Moore
  • 44
    COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS
    United Nations Stamps honor 50th Anniversary of Human Space Flight
  • 45
    STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
    The Ultimate Goal of NSS
    By Mark Hopkins