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 | Sep 25, 2020 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Webinars
Today ‘s global $350 billion space economy will soon bloom into a trillion-dollar economy. Join the National Space Society for the virtual webinar LEO Commercialization: The Pathway to Earth’s Trillion Dollar Space Economy on September 30 at 1:00 p.m....
by National Space Society | Dec 11, 2019 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Tourism
By Bob Brodbeck After a one-day delay due to high winds and then fog, Blue Origin this morning Wednesday, December 11th, made its last test flight of 2019 with the New Shepard suborbital rocket system. The twelfth New Shepard system flight (NS-12) launched at 11:43 am...
by National Space Society | Jan 21, 2019 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Policy
The National Space Society has published a position paper on establishing an Outer Space Private Investment Corporation. The objective for this paper is to inform key leaders in government, the space industry and the finance community as to the potential benefits of a...
by National Space Society | Dec 24, 2018 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Image: Starship Alpha construction at Boca Chica, December 23, 2018 (courtesy SpaceX). By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 I remember movies like When Worlds Collide. There was always, at least in my gauzy memory, a scene of the mighty rocket...
by National Space Society | Dec 18, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, NSS Press Releases, Space Tourism
National Space Society congratulates Virgin Galactic on achieving a historic milestone in space tourism Virgin Galactic achieved a historic milestone in space development as the start up of space tourism takes another step forward. Thursday morning, December 13th, the...
by National Space Society | Dec 13, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Tourism, Space Transportation
Image: View from Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity December 13th, 2018 (courtesy of Virgin Galactic). By Bob Brodbeck A historic milestone in space development, and especially for the start up of space tourism, was achieved this morning Thursday December 13th by Virgin...
by National Space Society | Dec 13, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Transportation
By George Mancuso On September 16, 2014, NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts to provide crewed launch services to the International Space Station (ISS). For the same contract requirement, Boeing could receive up to $ 4.2 B, while SpaceX could receive up to $ 2.6...
