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Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Casey Suire Title: NASA’s Discovery Program: The First Twenty Years of Competitive Planetary Exploration Author: Susan
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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 8220 relevant U S
NASA has selected two game changing space technology projects for development The larger of the two awards has gone to NASA 8217 s 8220 Ride
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
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 8220 Operational Demonstration of Space Solar
Mumbai June 26 Indian news agency PTI quotes a National Space Society Director on a plan to provide electricity in case of a Fukushima
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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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
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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
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
