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By Bryce Meyer, Track ChairProgram arranged by NSS Space Settlement Advocacy CommitteeHeld Friday, June 20, 2025, Rosen Center, Orlando, FloridaPhotos by Bryce Meyer 10:00 AM
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Simplified Artificial Intelligence Networks of Systems for a Small Space Settlement on the Moon or Mars (see full
GUEST OPINIONBy Austin A. Mardon, John Christy Johnson, and Peter Anto Johnson As humanity stands on the cusp of a new era in space exploration,
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New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal: Rotation of Space Settlements, by Rainer Rollfs. Abstract Free-floating space habitats can rotate to produce artificial gravity. Structural
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Announcement: New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Just published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is a 90-page Critique of “A City on Mars”
The National Space Society’s Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Prize Business Plan Competition is still accepting submissions for its 2025 cash awards. This
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
A total of 26,725 students participated in the 2023 NSS Gerard K. O’Neill Space Settlement Contest with 4,567 entries from 19 countries around the world.
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. The king of space settlements gains new life with the release of his digitized archives.
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