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At today s meeting of the International Astronautical Congress IAC in Guadalajara Mexico Elon Musk CEO of Space X announced his bold plan to build

On Tuesday September 27 on the second day of the International Astronautical Congress IAC in Guadalajara Mexico Elon Musk will deliver a special keynote presentation

Here 8217 s a virtual space settlement 8220 ball drop 8221 experiment courtesy of Joe Strout The ball starts out six meters above the deck

Making It on the Moon Bootstrapping Lunar Industry a paper by Dave Dietzler has just been published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal Abstract The

By Mark Hopkins Chair of the Executive Committee National Space Society The National Space Society NSS and its precursor organization the L 5 Society have

Last year National Space Society Board of Directors member Al Globus released three pre prints that together suggested a radically easier path to space settlement

Elon Musk has made it clear that his mission with SpaceX is to colonize Mars and to help humanity become a multi planet species Jeff

The Space Exploration Development and Settlement Act of 2016 H R 4752 has been introduced by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher 8220 to require the National Aeronautics

OPINION by Dale Skran National Space Society Executive Vice President This article appeared in The Space Review February 1 2016 As robotic and artificial intelligence

Mark Hopkins Chairman of the NSS Executive Committee was interviewed on The Space Show on January 4 on the subject of space settlement in general

Attention all teachers Free copies of The High Frontier Human Colonies in Space by the late Princeton physicist Gerard K O 8217 Neill are being

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Category Nonfiction Reviewed by John J Vester Title Nuclear Rockets To the Moon and Mars Author Manfred Dutch von Ehrenfried Format Paperback Kindle Pages 270

Partially Successful Flight Reached Space and Demonstrated New Hot Staging System The National Space Society congratulates SpaceX on the second test of its Starship Super

Ad Astra the NSS quarterly print digital and audio magazine has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award The awards are given yearly for 8220 Excellence

By Jennifer Muntz NSS Member Coordinator On October 10th an inspiring breakfast event took flight at the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space

By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Benefit sharing is a concept that refers to the distribution of benefits derived from the exploration and use of

People residing and working in space space settlements or on long duration space flights will need to produce infrastructures and food to maintain healthy lifestyles

Image Artist s concept of the Blue Moon lander Credit Blue Origin Second Human Landing System Contract Encourages Competition and Innovation The National Space Society