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SPACE
EDUCATION
& STRATEGIC
SE:SAAPPLICATIONS
SPACE EDUCATION AND STRATEGIC APPLICATIONS JOURNAL
VOL. 1, NO. 1 SPRING / SUMMER 2020
© 2020 Policy Studies Organization
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITORIAL ........................................................................................................... 1
Melissa Layne
SPECIAL INAUGURAL ISSUE FEATURED ARTICLE
Introduction To Our Featured Article ........................................................... 3
Melissa Layne
A Transformative Paradigm of Cosmic Life ................................................ 13
Chandra Wickramasinghe
Q & A with Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe ....................................... 27
Melissa Layne and Chandra Wickramasinghe
A MOMENT IN TIME
Images Capturing the Historic SpaceX Demo-2 Launch ............................ 39
Melissa Layne
American Public University System Observatory ....................................... 57
Ed Albin
INVITED ARTICLES
Bringing Space to the Classroom Through STEM Education
Providing Extreme Low Earth Orbit Missions Using ThinSats .................. 65
Brenda Dingwall, Joyce Winterton, Dale Nash, Sean Mulligan,
Brian Crane, Robert Twiggs, Matt Craft, Hank Voss, and Matt Orvis
cont’d.