Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership Image: Crew-12 emerges from the Operations & Checkout Building at KSC, as they prepare for the drive
By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership Every time I drive the NASA Causeway toward the National Space Society offices at the Kennedy Space
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
By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of Membership Image: 3.5 min timelapse of historic 100th launch as SpaceX Starlink 6-78 mission streaks to orbit between another
Company Succeeded with the Recovery of the First Stage on Just Second Attempt The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates Blue Origin and its founder, Jeff
By Burt Dicht NSS Managing Director of Membership Image: New Glenn ascent during second launch (courtesy Blue Origin) I had the privilege of watching Blue
Category: NonfictionReviewed by: Casey Suire Title: The Launch of Rocket LabAuthor: Peter Griffin, with introduction by Sir Peter Beck Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 300 Publisher: Blackwell
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: Rocket Dreams: Musk, Bezos, and the Inside Story of the New, Trillion-Dollar Space Race Author: Christian Davenport Format:
The Company Has Demonstrated the Basic Capabilities Required to Move Ahead with the Starship Program On the evening of August 26, SpaceX successfully conducted its
The NSS-affiliated nonprofit Expanding Frontiers (ExF) recently signed the Washington Compact on Norms of Behavior for Commercial Space Operations, a landmark initiative led by the
Scrubbed but Not Stopped By Burt DichtNSS Managing Director of MembershipImage: Crew 11 docking to the ISS (NASA TV) Yankee great Yogi Berra once said,
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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Mark Lardas Title: The Islands and the Stars: A History of Japan’s Space Programs Author: Subodhana Wijeyeratne Format: Hardcover/Paperback/Kindle
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