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In case you missed any of them here are some space book reviews recently added to the NSS website book review section The New Space
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
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The NSS Space Solar Power Library is the largest source of information about space solar power on the web and NSS has an onging project
Ideas The Central Thrust of the NSS Strategic Plan When we were in the early stages of producing the NSS Strategic Plan we analyzed what
Check out the Space Settlement Nexus on the NSS website It has numerous space settlement links including a link to the Space Settlement Library Check
A new NASA Special Publication SP 4703 entitled Remembering the Space Age was released this month and is now available on the NSS website as
The Special Report 8220 Back to the Moon 8221 from the Summer 2008 issue of the National Space Society magazine Ad Astra is now available
The Naval Research Laboratory NRL this week publicly released a study completed in November 2008 on Space Based Solar Power SBSP This study was initiated
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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
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
