Ad Astra 2024 Winter
- 14
THE FIGHT FOR CLEAN ENERGY FROM SPACE
Why Space Solar Power is the Answer
By Dale Skran - 18
SPACE FOR US ALL
There is No East and West in the Final Frontier
By Alfred Anzaldua - 23
UNVEILING THE MYSTERIES OF A METAL ASTEROID
The Psyche Mission
By Jordan Strickler - 28
ON TO ALPHA CENTAURI
The Promise and Complexities of Generation Ships
By Douglas Graham Adler - 35
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY
Alternative Biochemistry on Exoplanets
By John F. Kross - 42
EVERYONE’S GONE TO THE MOON
Traffic Jam or Part of the Plan?
By John F. Kross - 51
MOON OVER ECUADOR
The NSS Ecuador Chapter Makes a Splash
By Melissa Silva - 56
THE MARTINE ROTHBLATT SPACE SETTLEMENT IN OUR LIFETIME COMPETITION
A First-Place Prize Winner Reflects
By Melissa Silva
- 9
From the Editor:
A NEW YEAR, WITH NEW PROMISE
By Rod Pyle - 11
From the NSS President:
PINEWOOD DERBIES, MODEL ROCKETS, AND THE STEM PIPELINE
By Isaac Arthur - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- 60
Son of Apollo: Growing Up in the Home of a NASA Astronaut
By Christopher Roosa
Reviewed by Douglas G. Adler - Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier
by Colin Burgess
Reviewed by Douglas G. Adler - Bennu 3D: Anatomy of an Asteroid
by Dante S. Lauretta, Brian May, Carina A. Bennett, Kenneth S. Coles, Claudia Manzoni, Catherine W. V. Wolner
Reviewed by Peter Spasov - The Next Space Race: A Blueprint for American Primacy
By Richard M. Harrison and Peter A. Garretson
Reviewed by Casey Suire - Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry
By Eugene F. Kranz
Reviewed by Casey Suire
Ad Astra 2023 Fall
- 16
IN SPACE, NOBODY CAN HEAR YOU ARGUE
By Dr. Alexander Simmonds - 20
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Blue Origin Pitches a Successful Lunar Bid
By John F. Kross - 28
WHO THE WILD THINGS ARE
What—or Who—Awaits Us at the Edge of Exploration?
By Jeff Stepp - 32
INDIA’S PLACE IN THE SUN
and the Moon and Mars
By John F. Kross - 38
SPACE STUDENTS
The Universities Space Research Association Pushes the Envelope
By Melissa Silva - 43
WHAT’S YOUR ORBIT?
Places for Orbital Settlements
By Mike Combs - 50
IT’S SUPER EARTH!
By Lance Frazer - 54
ANGLE OF ATTACK
Space Force: Guardians of (Our Piece of) the Galaxy
By John F. Kross
- 9
From the Editor:
LEGAL EAGLES IN SPACE
By Rod Pyle - 11
From the NSS President:
STAYING SANE IN AND ABOUT SPACE
By Isaac Arthur - 66
NSS CHAPTERS
- 62
A Million Miles Away (Movie Review)
Reviewed by Dale Skran - Elon Musk, by Walter Isaacson
Reviewed by Dale Skran - The Space Economy, by Chad Anderson
Reviewed by Casey Suire