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By John Jossy John Jossy runs a regular blog called Space Settlement Progress, from which this is taken. He is also a member of the...

Big Ideas, Bold Visions, and a Bright Future for Mars The National Space Society 2025 Space Settlement Summit, held at the University of Central Florida...

Category: Nonfiction? Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space Author: Fred Scharmen Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 272 Publisher:...

Category: Nonfiction (?) Reviewed by: Dale Skran From Ad Astra Winter 2023 Title: Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race Author: Mary-Jane Rubenstein...

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,...

The fifth annual Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime business plan competition wrapped up in late June at the National Space Society’s International Space...

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, April 24, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Multiplanetary or Interplanetary? Register...

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...

By Dale SkranNSS Chief Operating Officer Category: FictionReviewed by: Dale SkranTitle: AuroraAuthor: Kim Stanley RobinsonFormat: Hardcover/Paperback/KindlePages: 480Publisher: OrbitDate: July 2015Retail Price: $19.99/$19.99/$5.99ISBN: 978-0316098106Find this book...

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”...

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