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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By Robin Scott For the NSS Iowa August 22 Chapter meeting, Daniel Hoy, NSS Iowa Chapter Treasurer and NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador volunteer, led...
Dan Hoy, NSS Iowa Treasurer and NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador volunteer will lead a discussion on “The Science of the James Webb Space Telescope”....
Sacramento L5 Society (SacL5) Breakfast on the Moon Celebrates Apollo 16 with a Discussion of Space Archaeology By Robin Scott SacL5 Society hosted and SacL5...
“Moon Talk” tells the story of how the Collins Radio Company in Cedar Rapids, Iowa developed the communication systems for the Apollo program. This documentary...
Apollo 16 Breakfast on the Moon is a go for launch! When: Saturday, April 23, 2022, 7:00-9:00 AM PDT Topic: A free Zoom celebration of...
NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut Clayton Anderson will be holding a Q&A session via Zoom for the next National Space Society Iowa...
By Robin Scott NSS of North Texas presented three North Texas Space Exploration Scholarships at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at the historic...
By Robin Scott At the NSS Forum on January 13, 2022, the National Space Society (NSS) and the Huntsville Alabama L5 (HAL5) Society welcomed Dr....
You are invited to a special event hosted by the NSS Iowa Chapter. In association with the 2022 ciLive event hosted by the DMACC West...
Please join the NSS Iowa Chapter on Monday, January 24 at 5:30 p.m. Central time as they welcome author, journalist, historian, futurist, and Editor-in-Chief of...
By Robin Scott Image: Dr. Kelly Fast, NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Observations Program Manager (courtesy NASA) Inspired by the recent NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test...
By Robin Scott The HAL5 Society chapter of NSS, in cooperation with NSS, hosted the NSS Space Forum on August 5, 2021. Brian Matisak, NASA’s...
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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...
