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After reviewing the slides in the presentation “Options and Decisions on Human Exploration Discussion, August 5, 2009, my impression that the decision process ignores a...
Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee-Options and Decisions on Human Exploration Discussion August 5, 2009. These are Augustine Panel member Ed Crawley’s Powerpoint...
Next Step or No Step by Paul D. Spudis Mars First advocates worry about getting “stuck on the Moon.” In fact, it is their obsession...
At the Augustine Committee Meeting in Washington DC on Wednesday Dr. Robert Zubrin talked about the two NASA operating modes, with and without a goal....
The first Atlantica Expedition will begin on August 2nd, 2010. Three Aquanauts – Dennis Chamberland, Claudia Chamberland and Terrence Tysall, will submerge in the Leviathan...
Elements of a 21st century space policy by Peter Garretson in The Space Review. 5) Establish a lead agency—preferably ARPA-E—with a clear mandate and initial...
THE MOON FOR ALL MANKIND – THE MALTA MOON The moon is our closest celestial body and by far the brightest object in the night...
Econominst.com is sponsoring a debate on the question of whether we should return to the Moon, Returning to the moon- This house believes that NASA...
The Mars Society Conference is off to a great start. I was in the neighborhood so I dropped by this evening, they had a lovely...
In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S. Smith July 23, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com. Ms. Smith wrote “Alternatively, if President Obama does not care enough about the...
MAKING THE MOON PAY Ramin Khadem, a veteran of the telecom satellite industry, thinks there’s definitely money to be made on the moon. That’s not...
NSS Members Receive “Membership Rate” National Space Society members are invited to register at a discounted rate for the 12th annual International Mars Society Convention,...
Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.
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:
Today, on the 57th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing, this inspiring song commemorating the past and the future of our presence on the Moon...
The National Space Society (NSS) today announced that it is delivering a letter to Congress and the Administration addressing concerns and recommendations regarding NASA’s draft...
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm to 9:15 pm EST Artemis II and Our...
