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Space Forum June 22: Keeping Earth Safe from Hazardous Asteroids
The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, June 22, 2023, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST How Science Keeps Earth Safe from Hazardous Asteroids Register for this Space Forum with Jonathan Dagle Technologist, Futurist, and Strategist NSS Policy...
Significant Progress in Space Solar Power This Month
There have been two significant advances in space solar power reported this month, in one of which NSS played a role. NSS and the space community (and for that matter, the world) owes a big thanks to California Representative Kevin Mullin for introducing and getting...
Book Review: Well, Doc, You’re In: Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: John J. Vester Title: Well, Doc, You’re In: Freeman Dyson’s Journey through the Universe Editor: David Kaiser Format: Hardcover/Kindle Pages: 304 Publisher: MIT Press Date: October 2022 Retail Price: $29.95/$17.99 ISBN: 978-0262047340...
Should the FAA regulate all space activities?
Image: Office of Space Commerce website (U.S. Government). Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer, and David Huntsman, Board member of the Alliance for Space Development (co-founded by NSS and the Space Frontier Foundation), co-authored an opinion piece published in...
Three Prominent Space Explorers at ISDC 2023
By Burt Dicht, NSS Managing Director of Membership The recently concluded ISDC 2023 featured a wondrous collection of presentations on all things related to space exploration, development and settlement. Whether you were interested in the Moon, Mars, technology, and...
NSS Space Ambassadors Shine at ISDC 2023
Image: NSS Space Ambassadors speaking at ISDC 2023.Top Row (left to right): Stevan Akerley, Kevin Simmons, Christean Kapp, Avinash Shirode. Bottom Row (left to right): Loretta Hall, Bryce Meyer, Jim Plaxco, and panelists Jim Plaxco, Stevan Akerley, Loretta Hall. NSS...
NSS Chapters/Members at Historic First Starship Launch
Photo by Fred Becker As seen by Cliff McMurray Members of the NSS Chapter Oklahoma Space Alliance, Cliff and Claire McMurray, made the 14-hour drive from Oklahoma to south Texas to view the first launch of SpaceX’s Starship. With help from NSS South Texas Chapter...
National Space Society and Space Renaissance International Engage with the United Nations
Allied Space Advocacy Groups Propose Creation of a New Sustainable Goal for Space Development Image: Karlton D. Johnson, Chair of the NSS Board of Governors and Chair of the NSS International Committee, and Alfred Anzaldua, also of the NSS International Committee,...
NSS Hosts Robust Discussion of Space Policy
Wide-Ranging Presentations Highlight the Complexities Facing Private and National Space Actors Image: Space policy panel participants (L to R), Namrata Goswami, Leah Cheli, Ed Koeliner, Alexandra Dolce, Ian Perry, Michelle Hanlon (track chair), Kwame Newton, Peter...
NSS Selects Winners for the Rothblatt Space Business Plan Competition
Ben Haldeman Wins Top Prize in the Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Competition with his LifeShip Business Plan Image: Gabriel Rothblatt presents Ben Haldeman first prize in the Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Competition for his winning...
NSS Recognizes NASA’s Webb Telescope Team
Magnificent Science Returns Earn the James Webb Space Telescope Team the NSS Wernher von Braun Memorial Award Image: Karlton Johnson, Chair of the NSS Board of Governors, presents the von Braun Award to Dr. Eric Smith, Program Scientist for the Webb Telescope. The...
“Photographing America’s First Astronauts” Reveals Unseen Dimension of Mercury Program
This Space Available, By Emily Carney. A new photo book shines a light upon the Mercury Project, 60+ years young.
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