Ad Astra is a story about confronting the notions of Nature & Culture as well as narrating an aspiration for paradox. Aspiration to respect a scenic place, but also to affect change. A change toward innovation and progress, and most importantly a change to emphasize our senses and sharpen our consciousness of the world around us. The possibility of a dichotomy between Past and Future emerged. We started imagining the Campus as a temple for Science and Innovation that would always have belonged to that place. The Hyperloop Campus vanishes in its landscape and confronts the visitors to the Nevada desert and its intrinsic relationship to the Cosmos.