Ad Astra 2016 Fall (Volume 28 Number 3)
Cover image courtesy SpaceX: The successful Pad Abort Test was the first flight test of SpaceX’s revolutionary launch abort system, and the data captured here will be critical in preparing Crew Dragon for its first human missions in 2017.
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MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS: ISDC 2017
By Gloria Lloyd - 16
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON—TO LAND ON MARS By John F. Kross - 20
DIPPING INTO THE FUTURE
Looking for Life in the Universe By Lance Frazer - 24
CAREFUL, BABY ON BOARD! ROCKETING THE CRADLE TO MARS
By John F. Kross - 28
SPACE IN THE SWAMPLANDS
By Mark Williamson - 32
U.S. SPACE WALK OF FAME MUSEUM
By Mark Williamson - 34
NEW TO FLIGHT: REDUCING THE COST OF ACCESS TO SPACE
By Dale L. Skran - 38
THE ESSENTIAL SPACE LIBRARY
By
Clifford R. McMurray - 42
CISLUNAR EXPLORERS:
WATER-PROPELLED CUBESAT TO LUNAR ORBIT
By Kyle Doyle - 44
SPACE INGRASTRUCTURE FOR LUNAR TOURISM
By Dave Dietzler
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NSS CORRESPONDENCE
National Space Society Chapters Impact Thousands in 2015 By Claire McMurray - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Enterprise in Space Program Sparks Visitor Interest at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
By Lynne Zielinski - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Space Colonization and the Space Movement
By Mark Hopkins - 47
SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
Jeff Bezos and the Settlement of Space
By Bruce Pittman
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BOOKS
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA, by Amy Shira Teitel
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon, by Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham
Reviewed by Mike White - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 47 Soyuz Landing
Ad Astra 2016 Fall (Volume 28 Number 3)
Cover image courtesy SpaceX: The successful Pad Abort Test was the first flight test of SpaceX’s revolutionary launch abort system, and the data captured here will be critical in preparing Crew Dragon for its first human missions in 2017.
- 12
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS: ISDC 2017
By Gloria Lloyd - 16
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON—TO LAND ON MARS By John F. Kross - 20
DIPPING INTO THE FUTURE
Looking for Life in the Universe By Lance Frazer - 24
CAREFUL, BABY ON BOARD! ROCKETING THE CRADLE TO MARS
By John F. Kross - 28
SPACE IN THE SWAMPLANDS
By Mark Williamson - 32
U.S. SPACE WALK OF FAME MUSEUM
By Mark Williamson - 34
NEW TO FLIGHT: REDUCING THE COST OF ACCESS TO SPACE
By Dale L. Skran - 38
THE ESSENTIAL SPACE LIBRARY
By
Clifford R. McMurray - 42
CISLUNAR EXPLORERS:
WATER-PROPELLED CUBESAT TO LUNAR ORBIT
By Kyle Doyle - 44
SPACE INGRASTRUCTURE FOR LUNAR TOURISM
By Dave Dietzler
- 8
NSS CORRESPONDENCE
National Space Society Chapters Impact Thousands in 2015 By Claire McMurray - 9
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
By Pat Silver - 10
NSS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Enterprise in Space Program Sparks Visitor Interest at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
By Lynne Zielinski - 46
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR
Space Colonization and the Space Movement
By Mark Hopkins - 47
SPACE SETTLEMENT COLUMN
Jeff Bezos and the Settlement of Space
By Bruce Pittman
- 48
BOOKS
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight before NASA, by Amy Shira Teitel
Reviewed by Robert A. Lee
No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons from a Man Who Walked on the Moon, by Buzz Aldrin and Ken Abraham
Reviewed by Mike White - 50
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 55
SIGNING OFF
Expedition 47 Soyuz Landing
