November/December 2013 Horizons Available

The November / December 2013 issue of Horizons is now online at www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter   (50 pages in an 11 MB PDF file). Horizons is the newsletter of the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The cover story is, “Potentially Hazardous Obect (PHO) 2013 TV135,” by Daniel R. Adamo, Astrodynamics Consultant. Articles include, “The Enigmatic Giant Polygons of Mars,” by Dr. Dorothy Z. Oehler, “Short Report from the Golden Spike Workshop,” by Larry Jay Friesen, “The 15th Anniversary of the International Space Station,” by Olivier Sanguy, la Cite de l’Espace, “Comet ISON: AWOL,” by Dr. Patrick E. Rodi, the first in a series of columns by Wes Kelly, Triton Systems LLC, and many more regular features. Articles from the JSC Astronomical Society include, “Building an Astronomer’s Chair,” by James Wessel, “The Antarctic Search for Meteorites,” by Dr. Stanley G. Love.

September/October 2013 Horizons Available

The September/October 2013 issue of Horizons is now online at www.aiaahouston.org/newsletter (52 pages in a 6 MB PDF file for its low resolution version). Horizons is the newsletter of the Houston Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). The cover story is, “100 Year Starship Public Symposium,” by Wes Kelly, Triton Systems LLC, and Shen Ge. This issue also contains, “Comet ISON: Bang or Bust?” by Dr. Patrick E. Rodi and an update on our back cover about planning for the Houston Spaceport. That update comes from the Houston Airport System and Professor Larry Bell of the University of Houston’s Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA). This issue concludes with part 8 of 8 of our page by pageP high resolution reprints of the 1952-1954 series of articles from the weekly magazine Collier’s, Man Will Conquer Space Soon! Wernher von Braun led that team of editors, writers and artists.