Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
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.
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One seat is up for auction. By Bob Brodbeck Image courtesy Blue Origin Today, May 5th, on the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard’s Mercury 7...
You are Invited to the National Space Society Space Forum Thursday, May 6, 2021, 9:00 to 10:15 PM EDT The Changing Face of Aerospace: Perspectives...
Below is a link to slides from an NSS presentation, “Fostering Scalable, Resilient Utility Infrastructure for Cislunar Space,” at the Fifty-Eighth session of the Scientific...
The National Space Society mourns the passing of Michael Collins, announced by his family this morning. Colonel Collins flew in space twice, once aboard Gemini...
Until reading this book I hadn’t realized the great extent to which international politics influenced NASA’s manned space programs. “[President] Nixon’s 1969 tour of Southeast...
On Tuesday, an experimental unit on NASA’s Perseverance rover called MOXIE achieved a remarkable milestone on Mars, extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosphere. “The success...
National Space Society leaders were optimistic about NASA’s future following Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing regarding former Senator Bill Nelson as the new NASA Administrator. “Today’s...
The National Space Society extends its heartiest congratulations to the team behind the Mars helicopter Ingenuity, the Perseverance rover, and the infrastructure orbiting the Red...
You are invited to the National Space Society Space Forum Thursday, April 22, 2021, 9:00 to 10:15 PM EDT New Perspectives on Filling the Gaps...
Image: To left, SpaceX’s lunar Starship is seen next to the baseline design now being tested. Credit: SpaceX. The National Space Society strongly supports NASA’s...
The National Space Society is proud to support the nomination of former astronaut Pamela Melroy as the Deputy Administrator of NASA, where she will support...
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