Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
Space Development
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By Jennifer Rothblatt NSS Director of Operations On February 24–25, 2026, the Beyond Earth Institute hosted the Beyond Earth Symposium at the Washington College of...
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...
Opinion by Dale Skran I’ve been writing columns on the prospects for the Space Launch System (SLS) for several years now, and one of the...
NSS has issued a new Position Paper on Maintaining U.S. Leadership in LEO Research and Commercialization after the ISS. ABSTRACT: NSS urges the U.S. to...
Speaking Proposals will be Accepted at the Conference Website Through April 15, 2025 Potential speakers are invited to submit abstracts for the National Space Society’s...
Above image courtesy SpaceX. The first orbital test flight of Starship/Superheavy is scheduled for 8 AM Eastern Monday April 17, with a launch window lasting...
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...
By Dale Skran A term you will hear in many modern space discussions is “space sustainability.” Few space-related terms are used to mean such a...
By Richard Howard On July 22, 2022, the Planetary Society held a Webinar event celebrating the three year anniversary of the solar sail deployment of...
By Dale Skran Most NSS members take it for granted that the term “space development” is widely understood. After all, we have been running the...
The National Space Society is pleased to announce the latest Dr. Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Competition, which will award three cash prizes...
© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: NASA Lucy mission will fly by eight asteroids (courtesy NASA) You can’t develop or settle that...
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