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Executive Summary The recent NASA proposal to cancel the VIPER mission underscores the significant risks inherent in large, complex, and high-cost lunar missions. However, VIPER...

The International Space Elevator Consortium (ISEC), in conjunction with the National Space Society (NSS), is conducting a student academic challenge contest regarding the concept of...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, August 29, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT The New World on...

Image: Some of the attendees at the Workforce & Career Exploration Day. Credit: Air Force Space and Missile Museum Foundation (AFSMMF). By Burt Dicht, NSS...

Can space elevators be moved from the realm of the theoretical into the realm of the practical? In the last few years a lot of...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, Augusts 15, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Bringing Columbia Home: The...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned Author: John Strausbaugh Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages:...

By Robin Scott Image: Enanga Fale The April meeting of NSS of North Texas featured a talk on “Defining the Future of Aerospace” by Enanga...

Image: NASA barge Pegasus with Artemis core inside arrives at Kennedy Space Center Turn Basin. From the Ocean to the Moon By Burt Dicht, NSS...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: From the Garage to Mars: Memoir of a Space Entrepreneur Author: Scott Tibbitts Format: Paperback/Kindle Pages: 254 Publisher:...

By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership Photo credit: Elizabeth Schneider On July 20, 2024, the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing,...

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