Wonders Are Many: Forty Years After O’Neill’s ‘2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future’
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. In the midst of a wave of newness in his professional and personal life, Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill published 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future in May 1981. Here’s how it fares nearly 40 years later.
A New Gateway to Space
By Laura Brady, NSS Legal Fellow Krafft Ehricke once said, "If God wanted [hu]man[s] to become a spacefaring species, He would have given [hu]man[s] a Moon." The former NASA aeronautics engineer and innovator believed the Moon to be the jumping-off point for further...
You are invited to “Space Settlement 2021” on February 4
Please join us on Thursday, February 4, 2021 for Space Settlement 2021. This exciting, one-day virtual event examines the science and technology of human spaceflight, and looks at the future of space settlement. And best of all, it’s entirely FREE! Begins at noon...
Apollo 14 Breakfast on the Moon Webinar FEB 6
Please mark your calendars! On Saturday morning, February 6th, NSS Chapters’ Assembly and the Sacramento L5 Society NSS chapter will host the fourth in their ongoing series celebrating the various 50th anniversaries of the manned Apollo missions to the Moon. This...
NSS Space Forum Video: Ask an Astronaut, Terry Virts
You Are Invited to a free National Space Society Space Forum Via Zoom on Thursday, January 28, 2021, 9:00 to 10:15 PM EDT ASK AN ASTRONAUT: A CONVERSATION WITH ASTRONAUT COL. TERRY VIRTS (RET.) With an introduction by Greg Autry, hosted by Jeffrey Liss A video of this...
Book Review: Lunar Outfitters
A rare and rewarding book. The author goes into the complexity of both spacesuit design and quality management in straightforward language. Without stinting on detail he explains things in language those without an engineering background can easily understand. Along the way he tells a story that is engaging and entertaining.
Falcon 9 Soars on Record 8th Flight of the Same First Stage
By Dale Skran, NSS CEO On January 20th SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The first stage safely returned to Earth, landing on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions.” Just another day on the Cape for...
Remembering Phillip Clark, 1950 – 2020
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Who are giants? They aren’t always those who fly in space; some happen to write about space. Some spaceflight books occupy a permanent space on bookshelves, and 1988’s The Soviet Manned Space Programme (published by Salamander in the United Kingdom, and by Crown in the United States) – written by the late British Interplanetary Society (BIS) space historian Philip Clark – is one of those volumes.
NS-14: Blue Origin Successfully Tests Human-Rated New Shepard System
By Bob Brodbeck Activities in the suborbital space tourism arena indicate that it is highly likely this business will finally become operational, flying paying passengers to space, this year. Earlier today at their west Texas facility, Blue Origin successfully...
Book Review: How to Astronaut
This book dishes out glimpses into everyday life in space in bite-size pieces, making an easy to read and convenient for making good use of short time windows. It contains a nice balance of nitty-gritty details of living in space and the emotional and intellectual analyses of the experiences.
To Space—to Save the Earth
By Fisher Smith, NSS Legal Fellow Why should we spend the money, effort and time focusing on outer space exploration and development? After all, it’s a very expensive process to get resources, people and infrastructure into space. Wouldn’t that money be better spent...
‘Beyond Earth’s Edge’ Explores Spaceflight’s Poetic Spirit
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. Thousands of books have been written about spaceflight concerning its technicality and history. The “Astronaut Autobiography/Biography” is a sub-genre of spaceflight literature that still garners attention with each new release. Visual artists have painted, digitally manipulated, and captured facets of the topic from its people to stars and galaxies. However, comparatively little attention has been paid to the realm’s poetic spirit.
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