Featured Articles:
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ISDC 2018: IN LA AND BETTER THAN EVER
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SPACE BUSINESS CHALLENGES
By Marianne Dyson
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THE SECOND SPACE SETTLEMENT SUMMIT
By Bruce Pittman
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THE NEXT GENERATION OF ROBOT EXPLORERS
By Steve Murray
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A PALM HOUSE IN SPACE
By Geoff Notkin
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Out of the Ashes:
SPACEX ROCKETS TO A RECORD YEAR
By Dale Skran
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To the Stars, with Logic
A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR HERMAN RUBIN
By Peter J. Schubert, PhD
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SPACE TUGS AT THE MOON
Commercial Delivery of Lunar Payloads on the Horizon
By John F. Kross
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AFTER ISS
By Clifford R. McMurray
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NEW RIDES TO THE MOON
By Dale L. Skran
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SPACE SETTLEMENT: NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
By Rod Pyle
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HEAVEN’S GATE
Government and Industry Return to the Moon
By John F. Kross
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THE DEFINITIVE TOP TEN SPACE INFLUENCERS FOR 2017
By Rod Pyle
Departments:
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From the Executive Committee Chair
WHAT HAS NSS DONE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
By Mark Hopkins
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TOP ACTIVITIES: NSS WEST COAST CHAPTERS
By Claire Stephens McMurray
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THE TEXAS-CENTRAL REGIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
By Clifford R. McMurray and Claire S. McMurray
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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE SOLAR POWER STUDENT PROJECT COMPETITION
By John C. Mankins
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BOOKS
The Sky Below: A True Story of Summits, Space, and Speed, by Scott Parazynski
Reviewed by Clifford R. McMurray
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System, by Michael Summers and James Trefil
Reviewed by Loretta Hall
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NSS CHAPTERS