NSS Applauds Choice of Mike Gold as NASA Administrator Bridenstine’s Special Advisor
The National Space Society (NSS) congratulates NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine for naming Mike Gold his “special advisor” on November 16. NASA reports that Gold will be providing advice to Bridenstine on a range of topics, with a special focus on expanding...
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Review: For All Mankind Paints An Alternate Apollo With Vivid Brush Strokes
The new series For All Mankind (available on Apple TV+ and created by Ronald D. Moore, who has worked on Star Trek and created the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica) is almost made for those who snapped up Quest’s summer special issue, or for those who enjoy the alternate space history visions offered by Gerald Brennan (whose latest, Island of Clouds, captured an alternately incredible and nightmarish journey to Venus under the auspices of the Apollo Applications Program). It’s fun, it’s heartbreaking, and it’s downright realistic, which will undoubtedly satisfy the hardcore (read: nitpicking) space history buffs. Note: this review contains some spoilers.
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NSS Position Paper: The Artemis Moon Program
A new NSS Position Paper just released is reproduced in full below. We also have a PDF copy. The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, a goal that the National Space Society (NSS) applauds. Due to recent efforts...
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Alliance for Space Development: The First Five Years Went Well
By Al Globus NSS Representative to the Alliance for Space Development [copy of this paper in PDF] Abstract The Alliance for Space Development (ASD) has had remarkable success lobbying Congress to adopt space development and settlement objectives including: 1. Full...
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Reach for the Stars Rocket Competition National Winners Honored by NSS
Contestants (ages 10 to 18) in the 13th annual Reach for the Stars ~ National Rocket Competition (www.RocketCompetition.com) built and launched their own solid-fuel powered rocket at an event held in their area. Over 2,000 kids were involved in local competitions held...
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NSS Representation in Baja California, Mexico
NSS Space Development Talk NSS Executive Vice President Alfred Anzaldua gave a talk to a group in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico about NSS priorities for space development, focusing on the need to build cislunar/lunar infrastructure and utilize space resources as a...
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What’s the Big Deal with Commercial Space Anyway?
Space Basics By Dale Skran (with a thank you to Stan Rosen, Randy Gigante, Hoyt Davidson, and Bruce Pittman for their suggestions!) Copyright 2019 A long time ago, the National Space Institute, one of two predecessor organizations (along with the L5 Society) to the...
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New NSS Position Paper on Space Debris Removal
In noting the parallels between debris or pollution in the seas of the world and debris in orbit, but also the lack of mechanisms in space for dealing with it, the NSS Policy Committee produced its latest policy paper, titled “Space Debris Removal, Salvage, and Use:...
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“New Rides to the Moon” Presentation Outlines Future Launch Vehicles
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Executive Committee I recently gave a talk titled "New Rides to the Moon" at the Morris Museum Astronomical Society in New Jersey (the link goes to my slides for the talk). The talk provided an update on new rockets suitable for lunar...
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A Spacewalking First
By Melissa Silva In what will likely be one of the final “firsts” in Earth-orbital spacewalking, at 7:38 a.m. EDT yesterday, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir switched their spacesuits to internal power and made history, conducting the first all-female...
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Satellite Life Extension Becomes a Real Thing
By Dale Skran Copyright 2019 On October 9th, a Russian Proton lofted Northrup Grumman’s first satellite life-extension vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) is designed to extend the life of satellites by providing...
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The National Space Society Mourns the Passing of Alexei Leonov, the First Spacewalker
Former Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, A Space Age pioneer and the first human to perform an extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, died today, October 11, at the age of 85. As part of the early cadre of Soviet cosmonauts, Leonov exited his Voskhod 2 spacecraft,...
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