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.
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By Alfred Anzaldua NSS Executive Vice President The National Space Society (NSS) notes the groundswell of space advocacy groups and entities decrying the lack of...
Abstract The National Space Society (NSS) proposes a public/private partnership approach to develop and demonstrate space solar power at a sufficiently high level of technical...
The National Space Society (NSS) recognizes and supports all activities that help to enable commercial space development and settlement. Unfortunately, H.R. 5666 represents a dramatic...
Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee, writes: I strongly suggest reading the recent article “What is the Moon Treaty and is it still...
Join NSS and the Alliance for Space Development (ASD) in our 2020 March Storm congressional advocacy blitz, March 15th – 19th in Washington D.C.! Are...
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine for naming Mike Gold his “special advisor” on November 16. NASA reports that Gold will...
A new NSS Position Paper just released is reproduced in full below. We also have a PDF copy. The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to...
By Al Globus NSS Representative to the Alliance for Space Development [copy of this paper in PDF] Abstract The Alliance for Space Development (ASD) has...
In noting the parallels between debris or pollution in the seas of the world and debris in orbit, but also the lack of mechanisms in...
On September 25, the National Space Society delivered a letter (image below) to NASA Administrator Bridenstine congratulating him and his Science Mission Team for creating...
The National Space Society (NSS) commends Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) for its September 5th report on its Space Futures Workshop entitled “The Future of...
Note from Dale Skran, Chair of the NSS Executive Committee: NSS Vice President of Space Development Greg Autry (pictured above) has a very interesting article...
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