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The NSS Space Solar Power Library is the largest source of information about space solar power on the web, and NSS has an onging project...

Space Settlement Blog Day is on July 20th. I want to thank David Brandt-Erichsen, Charles Radley and Brice Russ for making Space Settlement Blog Day...

Japan Shooting For Space-Based Solar Power The hope is to commercialize orbital solar power by 2030. Such a system would have such advantages as generating...

Uranium Found on the Moon Uranium exists on the moon, according to new data from a Japanese spacecraft. The findings are the first conclusive evidence...

Finalists Selected for the Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition After a thorough selection process, the Space Frontier Foundation is pleased to announce the 10 finalists...

Join the discussion on Human Space Flight. NASA is facing a once-in-a-generation decision about the future of human space flight. We encourage friends of the...

The Space Frontier Foundation has extended registration, until July 1st, 2009, for its NewSpace 2009 conference, which will be held at NASA’s Ames Research Center...

NewSpace Nation: Americas Emerging Entrepreneurial Space Industry “Jeff Krukin has written a much needed and practical introduction to the evolving entrepreneurial space industry. Drawing on...

Making of Buzz Aldrin’s Rocket Experience w/ Snoop Dogg and Talib Kweli Buzz Aldrin ( http://buzzaldrin.com ) is an astronaut, a hero, and a hip...

Anita Gale’s Husband of 23 years, Dick Edwards, passed away shortly after the ISDC. Anita Gale and Dick Edwards jointly ran the AIAA International Space...

Blog for and about space settlement on July 20th July 20th 2009 is the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. July 20th is...

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Mars (Updated Edition) Author: Melanie Chrismer Ages: 4-8 NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover Pages:...

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