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The Orlando Sentinel reports 8220 NASA 8217 s plans to return astronauts to the Moon are dead So are the rockets being designed to take

The Wall Street Journal reports 8220 The White House has decided to begin funding private companies to carry NASA astronauts into space but the proposal

In the recent post Push in Congress for Additional NASA Funding Update we detailed how Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert created a letter

According to Mark Hopkins Senior Vice President of the National Space Society 8220 The discovery of water on the Moon dramatically improves the case for

In response to the Human Spaceflight Committee call for an additional $3 billion for NASA Congresswoman Suzanne Kosmas and Congressman Ken Calvert have created a

The National Space Society NSS welcomes the release of the Final Report of the Review of U S Space Flight Plans Committee better known as

The Review of U S Human Spaceflight Plans Committee chaired by Norman Augustine has issued its final report which is available online in the NSS

AIAA Panel to Discuss Implications of Augustine Commission Report for America 8217 s Human Space Flight Plans The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIAA

NASA Officials Warn of Tight Budgets Ahead By Amy Klamper in Space News Budgets were tight when I was here in the 90s but they

Augustine appears before Congress about space review BY WILLIAM HARWOOD in Space Flight Now 8220 The issue is money That issue renders moot all other

The National Space Society has just released a position statement on the Human Spaceflight Committee 8217 s Review of U S Human Space Flight Plans

The Human Spaceflight Committee chaired by Norman Augustine has just released their Review of U S Human Space Flight Plans Committee Summary Report which will

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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

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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

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