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Ad Astra Winter 2018

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Featured Articles:

8
ISDC 2018: IN LA AND BETTER THAN EVER

16
SPACE BUSINESS CHALLENGES
By Marianne Dyson

18
THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman

20
THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOT EXPLORERS
By Steve Murray

24
A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin

28
Out of the Ashes:
SPACEX ROCKETS TO A RECORD YEAR
By Dale Skran

30
To the Stars, with Logic
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERMAN RUBIN
By Peter J. Schubert, PhD

31
SPACE TUGS AT THE MOON
Commercial Delivery of Lunar Payloads on the Horizon 

By John F. Kross

32
AFTER ISS
By Clifford R. McMurray

36
NEW RIDES TO THE MOON
By Dale L. Skran

40
SPACE SETTLEMENT: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
By Rod Pyle

44
HEAVEN’S GATE
Government and Industry Return to the Moon 

By John F. Kross

48
THE DEFINITIVE TOP TEN SPACE INFLUENCERS FOR 2017
By Rod Pyle

Departments:

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From the Executive Committee Chair
WHAT HAS NSS DONE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
By Mark Hopkins

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TOP ACTIVITIES: NSS WEST COAST CHAPTERS
By Claire Stephens McMurray

58
THE TEXAS-CENTRAL REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
By Clifford R. McMurray and Claire S. McMurray

60
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE SOLAR POWER STUDENT PROJECT COMPETITION
By John C. Mankins

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BOOKS
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed, by Scott Parazynski
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System, by Michael Summers and James Trefil
Reviewed by Loretta Hall

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NSS CHAPTERS

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