Ad Astra Fall 2018

Ad Astra 2018 Fall (Volume 30 Number 4)

Ad Astra 2018 Fall (Volume 30 Number 4)

  • 12
    STEM CAB
    By Melissa Silva
  • 14
    COMMERCIAL CREW: A PROMISING OUTLOOK
    By Nancy Atkinson
  • 18
    YOUR LIVE SUPPORT, BY PARAGON
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 22
    STUDENTS SHOOT FOR SPACE
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    HOW TO MAKE A MOON DAY
    By Ken Murphy
  • 28
    CHINESE PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 32
    SPACE ENTERPRISE:
    The Cure for Weak Growth and Wealth Inequality?
    By Stephen Kostes
  • 36
    WHO WILL GO TO MARS?
    Interview with Dr. Robert Zubrin
  • 38
    GLORIOUS INSIGHTS: THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 8
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 48
    WINNERS OF THE ROADMAP TO SPACE SETTLEMENT ART CONTEST
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 6
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    THE INEVITABILITY OF SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 8
    A CIVILIAN “SPACE GUARD” IS NOT A MILITARY “SPACE FORCE”
    Op Ed by Alfred B. Anzaldua
  • 10
    STEM IS A TEAM SPORT
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 50
    NSS CHAPTERS PIONEERING STEM AND STEAM EDUCATION EFFORTS
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 54
    A BEVY OF AWARDS AT ISDC 2018
    By John Strickland
  • 58
    “BRAINSTEMMING” NEW FRONTIERS:
    A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NASA AMES SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST
    By Emily Carney
  • 62
    BOOKS

    Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
    , by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray

    Pushing Our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2
    , by Mark Nelson
    Reviewed by Martin J. Lollar

  • 64
    NSS CHAPTERS

Ad Astra 2018 Fall (Volume 30 Number 4)

  • 12
    STEM CAB
    By Melissa Silva
  • 14
    COMMERCIAL CREW: A PROMISING OUTLOOK
    By Nancy Atkinson
  • 18
    YOUR LIVE SUPPORT, BY PARAGON
    By Geoff Notkin
  • 22
    STUDENTS SHOOT FOR SPACE
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 24
    HOW TO MAKE A MOON DAY
    By Ken Murphy
  • 28
    CHINESE PLANETARY EXPLORATION PLANS
    By Marianne Dyson
  • 32
    SPACE ENTERPRISE:
    The Cure for Weak Growth and Wealth Inequality?
    By Stephen Kostes
  • 36
    WHO WILL GO TO MARS?
    Interview with Dr. Robert Zubrin
  • 38
    GLORIOUS INSIGHTS: THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO 8
    By Clifford R. McMurray
  • 48
    WINNERS OF THE ROADMAP TO SPACE SETTLEMENT ART CONTEST
    By Lynne F. Zielinski
  • 6
    From the Executive Committee Chair
    THE INEVITABILITY OF SPACE SETTLEMENT
    By Mark Hopkins
  • 8
    A CIVILIAN “SPACE GUARD” IS NOT A MILITARY “SPACE FORCE”
    Op Ed by Alfred B. Anzaldua
  • 10
    STEM IS A TEAM SPORT
    By Anthony Paustian, Ph.D.
  • 50
    NSS CHAPTERS PIONEERING STEM AND STEAM EDUCATION EFFORTS
    By Claire Stephens McMurray
  • 54
    A BEVY OF AWARDS AT ISDC 2018
    By John Strickland
  • 58
    “BRAINSTEMMING” NEW FRONTIERS:
    A CLOSER LOOK AT THE NASA AMES SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST
    By Emily Carney
  • 62
    BOOKS

    Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto
    , by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon
    Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray

    Pushing Our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2
    , by Mark Nelson
    Reviewed by Martin J. Lollar

  • 64
    NSS CHAPTERS

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