Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 1 – Spring 2005
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MARS: THE ROAD SO FAR
Two robots have changed the way humanity views Mars
By Tariq Malik - 16
LICENSED TO FLY?
SPACE TOURISMS NEXT BATTLE
By Leonard David - 20
EMERGING CHINA, ENGAGING CHINA
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 21
CHINA’S SPACE AMBITIONS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. SECURITY
By Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D. - 22
MILESTONES IN CHINA’S QUEST FOR SPACE
A year-by-year chart - 24
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
THE RUSSIA MODEL
By Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D. - 26
ENGAGE CHINA, ENGAGE THE WORLD
By Jeffrey Lewis, Ph.D. - 28
EUROPE AND CHINA
By Vincent Sabathier - 30
TERRAFORMING: HUMAN DESTINY OR HUBRIS?
By Dave Brody - 34
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING:
EDUCATING ROBOTS ABOUT EMOTION
Science fiction depicts robots with varying amounts of humanness.
By Bill Christensen
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LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Titan, Virgin Galactic, and you: What is the connection?
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 18
OPINION
Sharpening the Focus on the Space Vision
By James Oberg
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REVIEWS
Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon
Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
Reviewed by Jim Banke - 38
COMMUNITY
Planet Earth: Our Moody Mother
By Greg Allison, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 39
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Celebrate Yuri’s Night
By Loretta Hidalgo
Ad Astra Volume 17 Number 1 – Spring 2005
- 14
MARS: THE ROAD SO FAR
Two robots have changed the way humanity views Mars
By Tariq Malik - 16
LICENSED TO FLY?
SPACE TOURISMS NEXT BATTLE
By Leonard David - 20
EMERGING CHINA, ENGAGING CHINA
Introduction by Anthony Duignan-Cabrera - 21
CHINA’S SPACE AMBITIONS:
IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. SECURITY
By Phillip C. Saunders, Ph.D. - 22
MILESTONES IN CHINA’S QUEST FOR SPACE
A year-by-year chart - 24
THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT:
THE RUSSIA MODEL
By Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D. - 26
ENGAGE CHINA, ENGAGE THE WORLD
By Jeffrey Lewis, Ph.D. - 28
EUROPE AND CHINA
By Vincent Sabathier - 30
TERRAFORMING: HUMAN DESTINY OR HUBRIS?
By Dave Brody - 34
ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING:
EDUCATING ROBOTS ABOUT EMOTION
Science fiction depicts robots with varying amounts of humanness.
By Bill Christensen
- 7
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
Titan, Virgin Galactic, and you: What is the connection?
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 18
OPINION
Sharpening the Focus on the Space Vision
By James Oberg
- 36
REVIEWS
Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon
Reviewed by Robert Z. Pearlman
Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race
Reviewed by Jim Banke - 38
COMMUNITY
Planet Earth: Our Moody Mother
By Greg Allison, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 39
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Celebrate Yuri’s Night
By Loretta Hidalgo