I would like to suggest to the publishers of Astronomy magazine a new publication aimed at the general public (amatuer astronomers, etc...) dedicated to astrobiology.

   There is SOOOO much going on right now, that I think it would be quite easy to publish 12 issues a year, with historical material (The Urey-Miller experiment, The Viking Mission, early theories, Percival Lowell, Sagan, Drake, etc...), planetary science (exoplanets, atmospheres, habitable zones...), current and future missions (Phoenix, Kepler, Darwin, TPF...), terrestrial biologgy research (extremeophiles, nonbacteria, evolutionary theory....), as well as a synthesis of work on organics in space  (amino acids).  you might even throw in some fun stuff on xenomorphology! (pure speculation), SETI, and-- gasp!  SETA.  Of course, a look at some of the amazing new telescopes --realized and planned--would be fascinating (Allen Telescope Array,LBT, E-ELT...)

  I, for one, would spend the $50 for such a magazine.  A subscription to a scholarly (and I am sure DRY) astrobiology journal costs $150 for 4 issues--well beyond the reach and desires of most amateurs.

  We are begining a new, and terribly exciting phase of space exploration and research.  Such a magazine would be getting in on the ground floor of what will invaraibly be a very popular subject, as it has traditionally.  Some bold publisher is going to reap the benefits.  Why not Astronomy??