
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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I’ve recently finished a paper on space settlement called “Paths to Space Settlement.” Here’s the abstract: A number of firms are developing commercial sub-orbital launch...
The Conrad Foundation, a non-profit science-education and entrepreneurship advocacy organization, announced that it has opened registration for the 2010 Spirit of Innovation Awards. This competition...
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this...
The Inevitability of Space Settlement by Mark Hopkins It is only a matter of time before the large scale move into space begins. It is...
Behind the Scenes With the World’s Most Ambitious Rocket Makers – An improbable partnership between an Internet mogul and an engineer could revolutionize the way...
Congratulations to South Korea on their first successful rocket launch. South Korea launches first rocket into space It is South Korea’s first launch of a...
Sun Power -The Global Solution for the Coming Energy Crisis by Ralph Nansen, the complete online book on the NSS Website. (Thanks Ralph! I have...
The commercial perspective on human spaceflight– Eric Berger Interviewing Mark Sirangelo and Larry Williams. in SciGuy blog of the Houston Chronicle From the commercial perspective,...
Beyond Augustine by Dennis Wingo There are many ideas that have been scoffed at or sidelined, like In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) that could be...
WILLIAM MANESS ON WHY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY AND POWER GRIDS AREN’T GOOD PLAYMATES AND HIS PLANS FOR BEAMING SOLAR POWER FROM SPACE. in Seed Magazine Seed:...
NASA’s moon plan too ambitious, Obama panel says – A panel reviewing NASA’s current plans for human space flight will report that there is no...
Next Step in Space News Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – August 13, 2009 – During what may be the last public meeting, the Review of U.S....

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...