by National Space Society | Feb 18, 2019 | Space Solar Power
This excellent 9-minute TED talk on space solar power is presented by Paul Jaffey, PhD, of the Naval Research Laboratory Space Engineering Department. Paul does research in space solar and power beaming. The talk was given in October 2018 and published January...
by National Space Society | Feb 14, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Development
OPINION by Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President This is an update to a January 21 post that generated some controversy in the comments section. The controversy was about the following statement in the January 21 blog post: “The second reason the Falcon Heavy has...
by National Space Society | Feb 11, 2019 | Book Reviews, Book Reviews: Non-Fiction
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Defying Limits: Lessons from the Edge of the Universe Author: Dr. Dave Williams NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover, Kindle, Audio Pages: 240 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Date: October 2018...
by National Space Society | Feb 3, 2019 | Commercial Space, Space Policy
OPINION by Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President On October 10th, 2018, the Air Force announced the funding recipients for National Security Space Launch program, the new name for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program. Currently the EELV program...
by National Space Society | Jan 28, 2019 | Space Policy
NSS has released a new position paper entitled “A Space Guard to Enable, Regulate, and Protect National Civil and Commercial Space Activities.” The abstract is below. Please note that a Space Guard is not a Space Force! Illustration above: An...
