Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 2016
Cover image credit: Johan Swanepoel (assembled from NASA images).
Featured Articles:
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IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION:
Living off the Land as if Your Life Depended on It
By John F. Kross
16
GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT PLANETARY DEFENSE
By Clifford R. McMurray
20
MEET THE EIGHT-BALLS
NASA’s newest class of astronauts looks to Moon, Mars, and beyond
By Travis K. Kircher
24
SPACE SUITS ME JUST FINE
By John F. Kross
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ASTEROID MINING: VIABLE, AFFORDABLE, AND SOON
By Dan Ward
32
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION: CANDIDATE STATEMENTS
Departments:
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NSS CORRESPONDENCE
Space Shuttle Challenger 30th Commemoration Wall at Challenger Elementary School in Huntsville, Alabama
By Yohon Lo
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver
10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Overview of H.R. 4752: The Space Exploration, Development, and Settlement Act of 2016
By Dale Skran
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LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Victory: The Vision of NSS May Soon Become an Official Objective of NASA
By Mark Hopkins
47
SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
The Beginning of the Era of Space Settlement
By Jim Keravala
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BOOKS
Infinity Beckoned: Adventuring Through the Solar System, 1969-1989, by Jay Gallentine
Reviewed by Loretta Hall
The Complete Space Buff’s Bucket List: 100 Space Things to Do Before You Die, by Loretta Hall
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
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CHAPTER LISTINGS
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SIGNING OFF
Flying Through the Aurora’s Green Fog