Space Times

Editor:  Jeffrey Elbel  elbel@saic-chicago.com
Photo & Graphics Editor:  Dustin Doud
Production Manager:  Diane Thompson

Space Times magazine is the bimonthly voice of the American Astronautical Society, presenting thought provoking ideas and opinions, feature articles on salient issues in space policy and future exploration, and reviews and notes of interest to both the professional and popular community of space flight advocates.

Space Times is currently available in print only, and provided at no charge to AAS members.  Annual institutional subscription rates (6 issues) are $80.00 for U.S. addresses and $95.00 for other countries.  Back issues can be ordered based on availability.

Article Submission Guidelines

Deadline is the 15th of the month prior to the first month of the issue (i.e. February 15 for March/April issue).  Feature articles (600-3000 words), op-eds (500-1500 words), and book reviews (600 words or less) are welcome.  Exceptions to these lengths must be discussed with the editor. 

Articles may cover virtually any topic involving space science, technology, exploration, law or policy.  Articles that touch on issues relevant to the civil, commercial and military and intelligence space sectors alike are also welcomed.

SPACE TIMES is a magazine, as opposed to a technical journal.  Articles should be written for a well-educated audience that has a great interest in space topics but may not necessarily be familiar with your specific topic. Articles should therefore be written in active voice, with a clear explanation of technical concepts provided.  The tone should lean more toward conversational rather than formal.   Footnotes and list of references are not appropriate.

Articles must be submitted in Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman 10.5 font.  Provide one copy with text only (no embedded graphics); one copy with graphics embedded is also helpful for layout purposes.  Five complimentary copies of the issue in which the article appears will be mailed to all authors, so please provide a mailing address.

Submission of photos or other visual support is encouraged, but not required, and must be provided in high resolution (at least 300 dpi) JPEG or TIFF format.  Captions must be provided, including source.  Visuals may not be imbedded in an article but must be provided separately.  Please provide proof of permission from the owner of any photos or visuals, or contact information of the owner if permission has not already been obtained prior to submission of an article.

A few style suggestions: units of measurement should be conveyed in metric, not English, terms; acronyms should be used sparingly and only when a term is used several times; names of specific spacecraft (e.g., Columbia) should be italicized, but general spacecraft names (e.g., space shuttle, Delta) should not be; and numbers one through one hundred should be spelled out.

Table of contents from the
January/February 2010 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o Martian Caves May Enable Sustainable Human Exploration 
of the Red Planet by Access Mars Team, International Space University
o Putting the Excitement Back into Science Education
 by Daniel Barstow
o Report on AAS Imagine ‘09: Ideas at Work
 by Rick W. Sturdevant
o Upcoming Events
o 48th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
o Notes on a New Book:
– “Paving the way for Apollo 11″
reviewed by James M. Busby

Table of contents from the
November/December 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o Radiation Belt Storm Probes by Jennifer Huergo
o Can the Quantum Vacuum be used as a propellant source? by Harold White
o DREAM – An ISU Space Studies Program Team Project for Disaster Risk Evaluation and Management
o Technical Conference: 20th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
o Upcoming Events 
o Notes on New Books:
– “Energiya – Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle”
reviewed by James M. Busby
– “Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution and Interplanetary Travel”
reviewed by Mark Williamson
o 48th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

Table of contents from the
September/October 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o Climate Links – Space Solutions to Climate Change by Axel Bergman and Zisis Petrou
on behalf of the ISU Climate Links Team
o The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer on MESSENGER to Mercury by Dustin Doud
o Orbiting Strasbourg: The Masters Program at the International Space University
by Garrettt Smith
o Technical Conference: 33rd Annual Guidance and Control Conference
o Upcoming Events 
o AAS News
-  Annual Awards and Fellows
-  AAS Imagine ‘09: Ideas at Work
o Notes on New Books:
– “Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight”
reviewed by Donald C. Elder III
– “Road to Mach 10: Lessons Learned from the X-43A Flight Research Program”
reviewed by Rick W. Sturdevant

Table of contents from the
July/August 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o AAS Submission to the Augustine Committee
o Establishing Obama’s space policy: Latest advisory committee must 
avoid missteps of the past by Tim Chamberlin
o The Spaceflight Revolution by William Sims Bainbridge: A Critique
and Implications for Space Advocacy and Spaceflight Revolutions
to Come by Svetlana Shkolyar
o The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) -
A Truly Ground-Breaking Mission by Kevin K. Parsons
o AAS News – Student Teams Successfully Launch CanSats
o Upcoming Events
o New Corporate Member Profile – Paragon Space Development Corporation
o Notes on a New Book:
– “The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets”
reviewed by Roger D. Launius

Table of contents from the
May/June 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o Astronaut Safety on the Moon by L. Mulugeta, et. al.
o Values of the National Space Program by S.E. Doyle
o Astronautic Publications – 2008 by Michael L. Ciancone
o Upcoming Events
o Corporate Members
o In Memorium – Eilene Galloway
o Notes on New Books:
– “Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen
and the Truth of Global Warming”
reviewed by Roger D. Launius

Table of contents from the
March/April 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o Serving the World’s Space-Lift Needs with Ariane 5 by E. Clayton Mowry
o Space Exploration – Why? Remarks from the 2008 Von Braun Symposium by John M. Horack
o Civil Space and the National Agenda: The 2008 Carl Sagan Memorial Lecture by Len A. Fisk
o Weightless Flights of Discovery by Jeff Elbel
o AAS News: Successful Goddard Symposium
o Upcoming Events
o AAS Career Center
o Notes on New Books:
– “Robots in Space: Technology, Evolution and Interplanetary Travel”
reviewed by Mark Williamson

Table of contents from the
January/February 2009 issue:

o President’s Message by Frank Slazer
o SolarBubbles and Adaptive Materials Set World Record with Fuel Cell
Powered Aircraft by Nicholas Rooney and Andrew Klesh
o Micro & Nanosatellite Launch Capabilities from the Star Bus GEO
Commercial Communications Platfrom by Phillip C. Kalmanson, et.al.
o 2008 AAS National Conference Report by Rick W. Sturdevant
o 47th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium
o AAS Officers, Directors and Chairs
o Corporate Member Profile: National Institute of Aerospace
o Upcoming Events
o Notes on New Books:
– “Jane’s Space Recognition Guide”
reviewed by Mark Williamson