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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...
Space Science as a Driver of U.S. Leadership and Economic Growth [New Position Paper from the National Space Society – see full paper] NASA’s science...
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...
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”...
Research paper added to the NSS Space Solar Power Library: Opportunities and Challenges for Space Solar for Remote Installations, Naval Research Laboratory, October 2019. EXECUTIVE...
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Shielded Dumbbell L5 Settlement by Pekka Janhunen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki. Abstract...
NSS has just issued a new Position Paper on “Space Solar Power: Enabling a Green Future with Economic Growth.” The United States and the rest...
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Control of Habitat’s Carbon Dioxide Level by Biomass Burning by Pekka Janhunen of the Finnish...
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Gravitat: Proposal for a Standard Design Vessel for Space Settlement, by Dr. Pietro Calogero. Abstract...
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Electrical Requirements for a Spectrum of Multi-Stage Space Farms by Bryce L. Meyer. Abstract Future...
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal are two articles that deal at least in part with the optimal size for space settlements. The 5-Kilometer...
By Alice M. Hoffman, PE I’d like to welcome you to our new website, with the informative content you’ve come to expect from NSS, but...
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