Ad Astra Volume 19 Number 4 – Winter 2007
- 15
NASA’S DAWN MISSION:
OPENING UP ASTEROIDS TO SPACE SETTLEMENT?
Testing a new ion thruster in uncharted space may be the main mission, but observers see potential beyond just exploring the Asteroid Belt.
By Charles Q. Choi - 17
MAKING ROOM
Turning the Internationsl Space Station from a three-person to six-person occupancy vehicle will be trickier than it looks.
By James Oberg - 19
THE X PRIZE CUP:
A REPORT FROM THE FIELD OF DREAMERS
Despite a financial setback and a lack of a winner in the Lunar Lander Challenge, this year’s event showed that investors and innovators still believe in New Space.
By Leonard David - 24
THE TOP 20 SPACE VISIONARIES - 32
PUBLIC SPACE:
NEW ADVENTURES IN EXPLORATION
By Jeff Foust - 42
2007 NSS MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
The results of this year’s survey.
- 5
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
What Is Your Vision for Space?
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 14
LAUNCH PAD
New National Space Society Philosophy Statement - 22
OPINION
Barbara Morgan Achieves Her Mission:
A Personal Account by a Fellow Teacher
By Penny Lee Glackman
- 38
BOOK REVIEW
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Reviewed by John F. Kross - 39
COMMUNITY
Getting It Right! Cooperation on all levels makes a difference.
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 40
SPOTLIGHT
National Space Society Chapters Activities Update - 45
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Columbia: Five Years On
The space shuttle disaster changed the way NASA used to do business.
By James Oberg
Ad Astra Volume 19 Number 4 – Winter 2007
- 15
NASA’S DAWN MISSION:
OPENING UP ASTEROIDS TO SPACE SETTLEMENT?
Testing a new ion thruster in uncharted space may be the main mission, but observers see potential beyond just exploring the Asteroid Belt.
By Charles Q. Choi - 17
MAKING ROOM
Turning the Internationsl Space Station from a three-person to six-person occupancy vehicle will be trickier than it looks.
By James Oberg - 19
THE X PRIZE CUP:
A REPORT FROM THE FIELD OF DREAMERS
Despite a financial setback and a lack of a winner in the Lunar Lander Challenge, this year’s event showed that investors and innovators still believe in New Space.
By Leonard David - 24
THE TOP 20 SPACE VISIONARIES - 32
PUBLIC SPACE:
NEW ADVENTURES IN EXPLORATION
By Jeff Foust - 42
2007 NSS MEMBERSHIP SURVEY
The results of this year’s survey.
- 5
LETTER FROM
HEADQUARTERS
What Is Your Vision for Space?
By George Whitesides, NSS Executive Director - 14
LAUNCH PAD
New National Space Society Philosophy Statement - 22
OPINION
Barbara Morgan Achieves Her Mission:
A Personal Account by a Fellow Teacher
By Penny Lee Glackman
- 38
BOOK REVIEW
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War
Reviewed by John F. Kross - 39
COMMUNITY
Getting It Right! Cooperation on all levels makes a difference.
By Gary Barnhard, Chairman of the Executive Committee - 40
SPOTLIGHT
National Space Society Chapters Activities Update - 45
CHAPTER LISTINGS - 48
SIGNING OFF
Columbia: Five Years On
The space shuttle disaster changed the way NASA used to do business.
By James Oberg
