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In MISSING THE MARK By Marcia S. Smith July 23, 2009 SpacePolicyOnline.com. Ms. Smith wrote “Alternatively, if President Obama does not care enough about the

MAKING THE MOON PAY Ramin Khadem, a veteran of the telecom satellite industry, thinks there’s definitely money to be made on the moon. That’s not

NSS Members Receive “Membership Rate” National Space Society members are invited to register at a discounted rate for the 12th annual International Mars Society Convention,

How do we get young Canadians to reach for the stars? by Sumitra Rajagopalan Forty years later, the sequel is being written as the US

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 it

Dr. John Bossard has come up with this new term. “Exvironmentalism”. The word environment comes from the word “environ”. Your “environs” would be the places

I want to thank everyone who particapated in Space Settlement Blog Day. It was very successful. There were several very interesting essays written for the

Dear Space Ambassadors, It’s truly exciting to see the development of the Space Ambassador Program nearing completion with a startup date rapidly approaching. I know

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Planet Earth: Guide to the Planet Author: Steve Murrie and Matthew Murrie Ages: 9-12 NSS Amazon link

By Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto It is only fitting that just before humanity celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the surface of

[For Space Settlement Blog Day, July 20, 2009] Can we afford to settle space? A concomitant question is “Can we afford NOT to settle space?”

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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 Publisher:

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 Heavy

Ad Astra, the NSS quarterly print, digital, and audio magazine, has won a 2023 MARCOM Gold Award. The awards are given yearly for “Excellence in

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. The

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 congratulates

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