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New Scientist has an article Why sustainable power is unsustainable . It suggested that because of the limits of indium and platinum solar and hydrogen...
Harrison Schmitt doesn’t believe that humans are causing global warming. “I don’t think the human effect is significant compared to the natural effect,” said Schmitt....
According to the Orlando Sentinel’s article Florida’s space boosters failed to launch, critics say , Florida has spent nearly $50 million on an agency which...
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) this week publicly released a study completed in November 2008 on Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP). This study was initiated by...
Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collided on February 10th, 480 miles above Siberia. Both satellites were destroyed. The collision produced over 500 pieces of tractable...
Will space be the place for the next major government infrastructure projects? Lincoln built the Transcontinental Railroad. Roosevelt’s New Deal built the Grand Coulee, Hoover...
NAC Presentations from February 5, 2009 Aeronautics Committee – Gen. Lester Lyles, Chair Audit and Finance Committee – Mr. Robert Hanisee, Chair Exploration Committee –...
Many people have cited science fiction as instilling in them an interest in space exploration. For me it wasn’t just science fiction but also space...
Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP), based at NASA Ames Research Center, has undertaken the task of translating...
Spacefest is being held in San Diego this year at the Town and Country resort, from February 19-22. It will be the largest gathering of...
The Barringer Crater Company has established a special fund to support field work by eligible students interested in the study of impact cratering processes. The...
The International Space University, The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation & George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute Invite You To An Exclusive Director’s Screening of...
Apogee Books has reissued its volume on Surveyor for the program’s 60th anniversary. The book is a wonder, containing a veritable treasure trove of documents on every conceivable facet of the Surveyor program.
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Space Ace: A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth Author:
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: Return to Launch: Florida and America’s Space Industry Author: Stephen C. Smith Format:
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 18, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST NOTE NEW TIME! The...
NASA announces prime crew for critical orbital test flight of lunar landers The National Space Society congratulates the four-person prime crew and backup astronaut selected...
The National Space Society urges NASA to move swiftly on the Commercial LEO Destinations RFP and commit to immediately fly astronauts on commercial stations upon...
