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The Reach for the Stars National Rocket Competition, which is affiliated with the National Space Society and Enterprise in Space Educational program, was on display
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Some of the finest minds from NASA, private industry and academia will come together at the University of Southern California on November 2-3, 2018 to
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An enormously successful first annual Space Settlement Summit hosted by the National Space Society (NSS) occurred on January 10-11, 2017, in Santa Monica, California. Industry
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