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We are at the cusp of building an orbital industrial infrastructure and establishing human settlements in space. This book investigates what it takes to do that.
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The latest paper in the NSS Journal of Space Settlement is “Paths to Space Settlement” by Al Globus. ABSTRACT A number of firms are developing...
Solar power gathered in space could be set to provide the renewable energy of the future thanks to innovative research being carried out by engineers...
The Global Space Solar Power Working Group (Global SSP-WG) has held its first meeting at the European Space Agency in Paris, France. All of the...
The Space Generation Advisory Council is announcing a partnership with the International Astronautical Federation’s Space Power Committee (SPC) to organise and run the 1st Space...
The latest addition to the NSS Space Solar Power Library is a paper by Lewis M. Fraas of JX Crystals Inc, Issaquah, WA, on “Mirrors...
The SunSat Design Competition is an international contest intended to accelerate the design, manufacture, launch and operation of the next-generation satellites that will collect energy...
Editorial by Al Globus, December 2011 Do lunar mines make sense? The answer depends on what you want to do in space. If what you...
The NSS Space Settlement Journal has commenced publication this month, beginning with two new papers: A Contemporary Analysis of the O’Neill – Glaser Model for...
The National Space Society (NSS) and SPACE Canada held a press conference on November 14, 2011 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C to...
Study Finds Space Solar Power is a Viable, Low Cost Energy Source Washington, D.C. The National Space Society (NSS) will hold a press conference on...
The latest addition to the NSS Space Solar Power Library is a paper by Al Globus, a member of the National Space Society Board of...
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program has issued a grant to John Mankins of Artemis Innovation Management Solutions for a study of space solar...
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