Book Review: A Future Spacefaring Society
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.
Space Solar Power
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A Joint Study Group Report between the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations and the Aspen Institute India recommends that “relevant U.S. and Indian government agencies...
NASA has selected two game-changing space technology projects for development. The larger of the two awards has gone to NASA’s “Ride the Light” concept which...
Wang Xiji of the China Academy of Sciences, speaking at the China Energy Environment Summit on August 28, described a study on space solar power...
In an address at the opening ceremony of the China Energy and Environment Summit on August 27, former President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam suggested...
Videos from the 2011 International Space Solar Power Symposium are the latest addition to the Space Solar Power Library on the National Space Society website....
NSS members including Mark Hopkins (NSS CEO), David Dunlop (Region 6 Director), and Dr. Feng Hsu (formerly of NASA and now Senior Vice President of...
According to National Space Society Director Al Globus, the development of thin-film solar cells may bring the reality of space solar power closer than ever....
Using small solar satellites that beam power to Earth has recently become a popular idea. Various groups have shown an interest, including the military for...
The latest addition to the NSS Space Solar Power Library is a new paper released by SpaceWorks Commercial entitled “Operational Demonstration of Space Solar Power...
[Mumbai, June 26] Indian news agency PTI quotes a National Space Society Director on a plan to provide electricity in case of a Fukushima-type or...
The latest addition to the NSS Space Solar Power Library is a paper by Al Globus which he presented at the 2011 International Space Development...
ISDC conference report by Dave Fischer If those who think Mars is sufficiently hard to get to and remain to settle are correct, or those...
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