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The Iowa Chapter of the National Space Society is pleased to announce that our guest speaker for December 5th is author and space historian James...

OPINION By Dale Skran Lots of publications run special Thanksgiving stories, or provide an editorial that opines on how lucky we are to live in...

By Joseph Bland Sacramento L5 Society The Sacramento L5 Society chapter of NSS will host the final 50th anniversary “Breakfast on the Moon” event, a...

By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership I took this photo of the Artemis 1 launch just outside the back door of the building...

By Dale Skran With the long-awaited November 16, 2022 launch of the much delayed and far over budget Space Launch System on the Artemis 1...

Today’s Launch is NASA’s First Step Toward a New Age of Lunar Exploration and Development The National Space Society applauds the successful inauguration of Artemis...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, November 10, 2022, 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm EDT Students for the Exploration...

This Space Available, by Emily Carney. To celebrate twelve years of This Space Available, here are twelve spaceflight books – in no particular order, some...

By Robin Scott Image: Visualizing the trajectories through the solar system of asteroids discovered by ADAM. Credits: B612 Asteroid Institute, University of Washington DiRAC Institute,...

Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Douglas G. Adler Title: Back to the Moon: The Next Giant Leap for Humankind Author: Joseph Silk NSS Amazon link for...

By Dale Skran Image: Falcon Heavy boosters landed (SpaceX, November 1, 2022) I was planning to write an overall update on the status of the...

By Dale Skran Image credit: Commercial LEO stations by Axiom, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin In a recent blog post I tackled the subject “What...

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Book Review: Designing Farms in Space

Meyer’s academic textbook is loaded with numerous photographs, diagrams, charts, and graphs. There are chapters on subjects such as farm machines, animal and fungi production, plant and algae production, and space menus. The farming techniques outlined in the book can be applied to lunar, Martian, or rotating space settlements.

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