Cover image: Boeing CST-100 manned space capsule in free flight in low-Earth orbit will transport astronaut crews to the International Space Station. Image credit: © Boeing.
Featured Articles:
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BEYOND MARS:
TRAVELS IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM
By Michael Carroll
18
STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES:
Getting in Shape for Space over the Next 10 Years
By John F. Kross
22
COMMON GROUND:
ASTEROID MINING AND PLANETARY DEFENSE
By James C. Howe
26
ASTEROID MINING FOR SPACE TRAVEL
By Dave Dietzler
30
THE FLEDGLING DRAGON:
China’s Human Spaceflight Program
By Clifford R. McMurray
34
SMALLSAT REVOLUTION
By Mark Williamson
40
BEYOND BORDERS:
THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY COMES TO CANADA
By Chuck Black
42
TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
MANKIND’S EXODUS TO THE STARS
By Nelson Bridwell
44
AN INTERNATIONAL LUNAR DECADE CAMPAIGN
By Dave Dunlop and Fred Becker
Departments:
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver
8
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
National Space Society Supports Atlantic Council Event
By Dale Skran
10
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Michael Snyder Brings “Firsts” to NSS Executive Committee:
Two Degrees of Separation from Space
By Anita Gale
47
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
After 40 Years—Victory
By Mark Hopkins
48
BOOKS
Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity’s Chief Engineer, by Rob Manning and William L. Simon
Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission, by Marc Kaufman
Both reviewed by Susan Raizer
Asteroid Mining 101: Wealth for the New Space Economy, by John S. Lewis
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
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CHAPTER LISTINGS
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NSS CHAPTERS IN ACTION
By Fred Becker
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SIGNING OFF
Astronaut Salutes Leonard Nimoy from Orbit