Ad Astra 2018 Summer (Volume 30 Number 3)
- 10
HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?
The Space Launch System’s Saga Continues
By John F. Kross - 14
SURVEYOR 1: PATHFINDER FOR APOLLO
By Rod Pyle - 18
LUNAR MINING
By Elizabeth Howell - 20
ASTEROIDS IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
NASA’s Upcoming Efforts to Mitigate Threats to Earth
By Clifford R. McMurray - 24
THE U.S. SPACE FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
By Namrata Goswami - 28
SPACE ELEVATORS:
Providing Safe, Frequent Access to a “Galactic Harbour”
By Michael Fitzgerald - 30
NEXTGEN PERSPECTIVES: AYSE ORAN, DESIGNER, TURKEY
Interview by Ad Astra Staff - 32
THE MAN WHO MADE MARS ON EARTH: PASCAL LEE
By Geoff Notkin - 36
MIGHTY MOON MACHINES: THE F-1 ROCKET ENGINE
By Rob Pyle - 38
ARTEMIS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY WEIR, Part 2
By Rod Pyle - 40
REACHING FOR THE MOON:
A Conversation with Allison Zuniga
By Thelma Sugay - 42
ISDC 2018: MORSELS FROM THE MOVABLE FEAST
By Clifford R. McMurray - 50
A TRIBUTE TO DAVE DUNLOP
By Rod Pyle - 56
WHY APOLLO WAS STICKY
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
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Letter from the Managing Editor
AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
By Aggie Kobrin - 9
From the Executive Committee Chair
SPACE SETTLEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE: Moon vs. moon
By Mark Hopkins - 56
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON THE MOON AND CISLUNAR DEVELOPMENT
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 58
THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY REACHES AFRICA
By Lisa Kaspin-Powell - 60
STUDENTS MEET LUMINARIES OF DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION AT ISDC 2018
By Lynne F. Zielinski
- 62
BOOKS
The Future of Humanity, by Michio Kaku
Reviewed by Loretta Hall
Blue Gemini, by Mike Jenne
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray - 64
NSS CHAPTERS
Ad Astra 2018 Summer (Volume 30 Number 3)
- 10
HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?
The Space Launch System’s Saga Continues
By John F. Kross - 14
SURVEYOR 1: PATHFINDER FOR APOLLO
By Rod Pyle - 18
LUNAR MINING
By Elizabeth Howell - 20
ASTEROIDS IN THE CROSSHAIRS:
NASA’s Upcoming Efforts to Mitigate Threats to Earth
By Clifford R. McMurray - 24
THE U.S. SPACE FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
By Namrata Goswami - 28
SPACE ELEVATORS:
Providing Safe, Frequent Access to a “Galactic Harbour”
By Michael Fitzgerald - 30
NEXTGEN PERSPECTIVES: AYSE ORAN, DESIGNER, TURKEY
Interview by Ad Astra Staff - 32
THE MAN WHO MADE MARS ON EARTH: PASCAL LEE
By Geoff Notkin - 36
MIGHTY MOON MACHINES: THE F-1 ROCKET ENGINE
By Rob Pyle - 38
ARTEMIS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANDY WEIR, Part 2
By Rod Pyle - 40
REACHING FOR THE MOON:
A Conversation with Allison Zuniga
By Thelma Sugay - 42
ISDC 2018: MORSELS FROM THE MOVABLE FEAST
By Clifford R. McMurray - 50
A TRIBUTE TO DAVE DUNLOP
By Rod Pyle - 56
WHY APOLLO WAS STICKY
By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
- 7
Letter from the Managing Editor
AN EXCITING MONTH AHEAD
By Aggie Kobrin - 9
From the Executive Committee Chair
SPACE SETTLEMENT AND THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE: Moon vs. moon
By Mark Hopkins - 56
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON THE MOON AND CISLUNAR DEVELOPMENT
By Claire Stephens McMurray - 58
THE NATIONAL SPACE SOCIETY REACHES AFRICA
By Lisa Kaspin-Powell - 60
STUDENTS MEET LUMINARIES OF DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION AT ISDC 2018
By Lynne F. Zielinski
- 62
BOOKS
The Future of Humanity, by Michio Kaku
Reviewed by Loretta Hall
Blue Gemini, by Mike Jenne
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray - 64
NSS CHAPTERS
