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I went to Inaugural Event of the new Arthur C. Clarke Fellows Endowment of the International Space University. It was a wonderful event, which also...
Space Exploration Alliance Blitz is now under way. Requests for congress include 1. Support NASA as it aims for the asteroids, the Moon, Mars and...
The nation’s most important leaders in energy reform are gathering with T. Boone Pickens at the National Clean Energy Project Summit to tackle the critical...
Out of the Cradle has an interesting interview with James Dunstan on space law and commerical space.
...February 25-27, 2009 U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, DC As part of an ongoing collaboration, NASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) Space Enterprise...
The members of the Executive Director Search Committee are Greg Allison, Rick Zucker, Joe Redfield, Al Globus and Lynne Zielinski. David Brandt-Erichsen was elected to...
The National Space Society is moving its headquarters. Starting March 1st the new address is 1155 15th Street NW Suite 500 Washington DC 20005 The...
Here is an interesting paper which considers what would be required to build a spacefaring civilization. SPACEFARING LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE: THE FOUNDATION OF A SPACEFARING AMERICA...
Space pioneer Konrad K. Dannenberg passed away on the 16th of February 2009 at the age of 96. He was not only one of the...
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...
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...
