
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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“The National Space Society (NSS) commends NASA and the Executive Branch for proposing to increase spending for science, technology, and sustainable economic development in space;...
The National Space Society (NSS) commends NASA and the Executive Branch for proposing to increase spending for science, technology, and sustainable economic development in space;...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has observed a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers...
Here are some answers to questions from NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver at the February 1 NASA Budget Teleconference. Questions are paraphrased. Where is NASA...
Information and statements from NASA officials can be found here: NASA Budget Information
...The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Constellation program will be replaced with “a new $6 billion project to develop commercial rockets capable of taking...
The Orlando Sentinel reports: “NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the Moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there —...
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: Project Mars: A Technical Tale Author: Wernher von Braun NSS Amazon link for this book Bookfinder.com link for...
The Wall Street Journal reports: “The White House has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space, but the proposal faces...
EADS Astrium, Europe’s largest space company, is joining the growing list of companies interested in the potential of space solar power. The company is seeking...
The Online Journal of Space Communication, a project of the Society for Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) which is hosted online by Ohio University, has partnered...
The National Space Society (“NSS”) congratulates one of its own, Tim Pickens, on the sale of his successful pioneering NewSpace company, Orion Propulsion, Inc. (“OPI”),...

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:

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
NASA announces prime crew for critical orbital test flight of lunar landers The National Space Society congratulates the four-person prime crew and backup astronaut selected...
The National Space Society urges NASA to move swiftly on the Commercial LEO Destinations RFP and commit to immediately fly astronauts on commercial stations upon...
Opinion By Burt Dicht NSS Space Coast Correspondent On April 19, I was at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral and watched Blue Origin’s New Glenn...
From flags and footprints to foundations, NASA’s Moon Base is our Space Station moment: A report on the May 26 NASA press conference By Burt...