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Spaced Out NASA 8217 s vision for human exploration needs some hard questions and perhaps an entrepreneurial boost in the Washington Post Now that the

Japan Plans $21 Billion Solar Space Post to Power 294 000 Homes by Ariel Schwartz in Inhabitat The concept of space based solar power was

Surrendering Outer Space America yields the high ground 8211 By Alan W Dowd in Policy Review published by the Hoover Institution What if in the

NASA 8217 s moon plan too ambitious Obama panel says 8211 A panel reviewing NASA 8217 s current plans for human space flight will report

Next Step in Space News Release WASHINGTON D C 8211 August 13 2009 8211 During what may be the last public meeting the Review of

After reviewing the slides in the presentation Options and Decisions on Human Exploration Discussion August 5 2009 my impression that the decision process ignores a

Review of US Human Space Flight Plans Committee Options and Decisions on Human Exploration Discussion August 5 2009 These are Augustine Panel member Ed Crawley

Next Step or No Step by Paul D Spudis Mars First advocates worry about getting stuck on the Moon In fact it is their obsession

Elements of a 21st century space policy by Peter Garretson in The Space Review 5 Establish a lead agency preferably ARPA E with a clear

Econominst com is sponsoring a debate on the question of whether we should return to the Moon Returning to the moon This house believes that

In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S Smith July 23 2009 SpacePolicyOnline com Ms Smith wrote 8220 Alternatively if President Obama does not care enough

In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S Smith July 23 2009 SpacePolicyOnline com Ms Smith wrote NASA has spent the last 40 years doing what

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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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