Ad Astra Volume 25 Number 2 – Summer 2013

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Ad Astra 2013 Summer (Volume 25 Number 2)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    THE UTILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 20
    LIVING LARGE ON MARS, or REQUIEM FOR A RED PLANET?
    The chances for life on Mars
    by John Kross
  • 26
    ROOM IN A CAN: BEAM COMES TO ISS
    The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 30
    WELCOME TO ISDC 2013
    By Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, Dave Dressler, and Nate McIntyre
  • 34
    50 YEARS OF WOMEN IN SPACE
    By Claire Stephens McMurray and Clifford R. McMurray
  • 38
    THE GRAIL MISSION EXPLORES THE MOON CRUST TO CORE
    By Sami Asmar
  • 42
    LONG-TERM THINKING: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTERSTELLAR WORKSHOP
    By Bart Leahy, Les Johnson, and Robert Kennedy
  • 44
    NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SPACE EDUCATOR AWARD — TWICE!
    Honoring Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 46
    A BOLD NEW TELESCOPE MISSION LOOKS FOR ASTEROIDS — BEFORE THEY FIND US
    The Sentinel Mission of the B612 Foundation
    By Ed Lu

Ad Astra 2013 Summer (Volume 25 Number 2)

Cover image courtesy NASA.

  • 14
    THE UTILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 20
    LIVING LARGE ON MARS, or REQUIEM FOR A RED PLANET?
    The chances for life on Mars
    by John Kross
  • 26
    ROOM IN A CAN: BEAM COMES TO ISS
    The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 30
    WELCOME TO ISDC 2013
    By Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, Dave Dressler, and Nate McIntyre
  • 34
    50 YEARS OF WOMEN IN SPACE
    By Claire Stephens McMurray and Clifford R. McMurray
  • 38
    THE GRAIL MISSION EXPLORES THE MOON CRUST TO CORE
    By Sami Asmar
  • 42
    LONG-TERM THINKING: THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTERSTELLAR WORKSHOP
    By Bart Leahy, Les Johnson, and Robert Kennedy
  • 44
    NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY OFFICER AND DIRECTOR RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL SPACE EDUCATOR AWARD — TWICE!
    Honoring Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 46
    A BOLD NEW TELESCOPE MISSION LOOKS FOR ASTEROIDS — BEFORE THEY FIND US
    The Sentinel Mission of the B612 Foundation
    By Ed Lu