by National Space Society | Sep 3, 2022 | Commercial Space, Orbital Debris, Space Development
By Dale Skran A term you will hear in many modern space discussions is “space sustainability.” Few space-related terms are used to mean such a wide variety of completely different things, which can be extremely confusing for the “unschooled.” Making matters worse, the...
by National Space Society | Jul 5, 2022 | Commercial Space, NSS Press Releases, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
The National Space Society is pleased to announce the latest Dr. Martine Rothblatt Space Settlement in Our Lifetime Competition, which will award three cash prizes of $16,000, $10,000, and $6,000 USD for the best business plans that reflect Dr. Rothblatt’s vision for...
by National Space Society | Jun 10, 2022 | Commercial Space
A Meditation By Dale Skran Image: Polaris Dawn crew courtesy SpaceX. On February 11th, 2022 Elon Musk gave his long-awaited Starship update, and for some of us it was a bit of a snooze. He provided details about progress on the Raptor 2, but there was very little...
by National Space Society | May 26, 2022 | Commercial Space
By George Mancuso After six (6) days docked to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing Starliner departed for the critical mission landing phase on May 25th. Approximately four hours later a sonic boom announced Starliner’s landing approach to the White Sands...
by National Space Society | May 20, 2022 | Commercial Space
By George Mancuso Boeing Starliner, also known as Crew Space Transportation 100 (CST-100), Orbital Flight Test Mission 2 (OFT-2) lifted off atop an Atlas V N22 at Cape Canaveral at 6:54:36 p.m. EDT on May 19. The purpose of the mission is to complete objectives not...
by National Space Society | Mar 29, 2022 | Commercial Space, Event
The National Space Society invites you to a Space Forum on Thursday, March 31, 202, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EDT Expanding Frontiers: Astropreneurship in South Texas With Special Guest Fredrick Jenet, Founder and Executive Director, Expanding Frontiers Register here!...
by Dave Dressler | Mar 3, 2022 | Astronauts, Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Education, Event, International Space Station, Space
Better Futures is a new event series produced by Liftport Group which aims to bring together space community leaders to discuss space topics of interest. Our monthly series “The Star Fleet Enterprise” is covering the idea of a 15,000 person space station and what it...
by National Space Society | Feb 17, 2022 | Commercial Space
© by Dale Skran, NSS Chief Operating Officer Image: February 3 Starlink launch, courtesy SpaceX SpaceX has just completed a remarkable ten launch sequence in the two months starting 12/2/21 and ending 2/2/22, running at a rate of more than one orbital rocket per week....
