Book Review: The Wrong Stuff
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned Author:
February 2010
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The National Space Society is greatly saddened by the news that renowned space artist and long time advocate for human space exploration and settlement, Robert
In case you missed any of them, here are some space book reviews recently added to the NSS website book review section: The New Space
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Krafft Ehricke’s Extraterrestrial Imperative Author: Marsha Freeman NSS Amazon link for this book
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Fall 2009 Title: Missions to the Moon Author: Rod Pyle NSS Amazon link for this book
While the Obama commercial space policy is the news, SpaceX continues to move forward toward the initial launch of its Falcon 9 rocket within the
Below are some excerpts from today’s Congressional testimony on the NASA budget. My name is Mike Snyder and it has been my honor and privilege
NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden testified before Congress today, providing more details of the NASA 2011 budget. Below is a summary of his testimony before
A new NASA publication, Cosmos & Culture: Cultural Evolution in a Cosmic Context (NASA SP-4802) is available as a free 612-page 4MB PDF download. Editors
In his February 17 call to the International Space Station, President Obama stated “my commitment to NASA is unwavering” and that “one of the things
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The New Space Race: China vs. the United States Author: Erik Seedhouse NSS Amazon link for this book
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Impact Author: Douglas Preston NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardbound Pages: 368 Publisher: Forge Date: January
Remarks by NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver 13th Annual FAA AST Space Transportation Conference February 11, 2010 Days after release of the President’s 2011 budget,
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Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New “Hot Staging” System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship/Super Heavy
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By Jennifer Muntz, NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th, an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space
By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of
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Image: Artist’s concept of the Blue Moon lander. Credit: Blue Origin. Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society congratulates
