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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This video is no longer available. Crip’s all business, while John is a clown. STS-1 25th anniversary talk, 2006. If you ever had doubts...
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NASA is busy replanning the future Mars Exploration Program — and wants to hear from you! NASA has opened a forum for public input on...
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The National Space Society mourns the loss of legendary author and visionary, Ray D. Bradbury, who passed away earlier this week at the age of...
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