Cover image: Artist’s portrayal of the IC 10 X-1 system; a black hole lies at the upper left and its companion star is on the right. © Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State University/NASA.
Featured Articles:
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A GRAVITATIONAL TANDEM STARSHIP:
THE FUTURE OF INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL
By Alexander Kazykin
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MAKING HIS OWN PATH: RICHARD GARRIOTT’S
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPACE ODYSSEY
By Clifford R. McMurray
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COMING HOME MAY BE THE HARDEST PART
The perils of re-entry
By Paul Contursi
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WRAPPED IN DARKNESS AND SILENCE
Legal aspects of commercial spaceflight
By Lance Frazer
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THE AFFORDABLE MISSION TO MARS
By Humboldt C. Mandell, Jr.
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THE EASIEST PATH: MICHAEL GRIFFIN’S
STRATEGIC VISION FOR A SPACEFARING CIVILIZATION
By Clifford R. McMurray
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SOFIA: THE TEACHER EXPERIENCE
By Lynne F. Zielinski
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THE AGE OF IN-SPACE MANUFACTURING
By Michael P. Snyder
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WEEKEND WORKSHOP REPORT:
LOW-COST STRATEGIES FOR LUNAR SETTLEMENT
By Bruce Pittman
Departments:
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NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Congratulations NSS North Texas
By Ken Ruffin
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver
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NSS CORRESPONDENCE
National Space Society Encourages Virgin Galactic to Press On
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
The Paradigm Is Changing
By Mark Hopkins
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BOOKS
Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program, by David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek
Reviewed by Jim Plaxco
To Orbit and Back Again: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space, by David Sivolella
Reviewed by Marianne Dyson
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CHAPTER LISTINGS
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SIGNING OFF
Supernova