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Contents
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Editorial Staff
Managing Editor: Chase Clark
Astronomy Editor: Mike Barrett
Photo Editor: J.L. Pickering
Contributing Writers
Mike Barrett • Lloyd Campbell
Brenden Clark • Chase Clark
Rich Holtzin • Joe Maness
Sherry Valare • Amjad Zaidi
Contributing Photographers
Paul Alers • Mike Barrett
Dennis Bonilla • Brenden Clark
Lark Elliott • Aubrey Gemignani
Dusty Hood • R. Hueso
Bill Ingalls • Steve Jurvetson
W. Keel • Justin Loeloff
Kurt Raschke • Wade Sisler
Contributing Graphic Artists
C. Carreau • Boris Haeussler
Alex Lutkus • Kevin Schawinski
W. Stenzel • Mark Wall
RocketSTEM Board of Directors
Chase Clark • Brenden Clark
Tim Brown • Nicole Solomon
Anthony Fitch
RocketSTEM • May 2014
Vol. 2 No. 3 Issue 7 (ISSN: 2326-0661)
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On the Cover: Astrophysicist Brian
Greene gives a presentation at the
Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Credit: Kurt Raschke
Famed theoretical physicist
and string theorist educates
us on a variety of topics.
Astrophotography
Ready to photograph the
stars? We give you a rundown
on the equipment you need.
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Brian Greene
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Cassini
A decade of discovery and
images while orbiting Saturn,
its rings and 62 moons.
Jim Adams
During his career at NASA,
Adams has been involved
with dozens of missions.
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Zooniverse
More than one million regular
people are contributing to a
multitude of science projects.
Fly Me to the Moon
Doing the math on Boeing’s
alternate plan for taking
humans to the Moon.
Also Inside:
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Earth Day Selfie . . . . . . . . . . IFC
LDSD Being Tested . . . . . . . . . 46
Student Rocket Launch . . . . 02
Club Sandwich Moon . . . . . . 56
Cold Brown Dwarf . . . . . . . . . 03
Martian Crater . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Venus Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04
EDC Student Winners . . . . . . 63
World Science U . . . . . . . . . . 10
Exomoon Found . . . . . . . . . . 64
Earth’s Twin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Land Ho! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IBC
Spinoff 2013 Book . . . . . . . . . 45
SLS Engine Testing . . . . . . . . BC
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