by National Space Society | Sep 26, 2018 | Enterprise in Space, ISDC
By Zach Reizes Introductory note from NSS President Alice M. Hoffman, PE: NSS is seeking sponsors and judges for the debates described below at ISDC 2019 on June 6-9 in Washington DC. Check out the video our volunteers produced below, and contact me at...
by National Space Society | Aug 26, 2018 | ISDC, NSS in the News, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Here is a roundup of publicity from the National Space Society’s 2018 International Space Development Conference BEZOS https://www.geekwire.com/2018/jeff-bezos-isdc-space-vision/ Jeff Bezos: ‘We will have to leave this planet … and it’s going to make this...
by National Space Society | Jul 10, 2018 | Education, ISDC
By Alice M. Hoffman, NSS President Thank you to Dr. Tanya Sienko (photo below) for organizing Scott’s donation and to all the NSS members who stopped by our display at ISDC in Los Angeles and took home a lovely book or piece of art for their own collection and...
by National Space Society | Jun 21, 2018 | ISDC
By Dave Dressler, NSS Conference Committee Chair Photos by Keith Zacharski, National Space Society Many amazing things happened at ISDC this year and they were by no means simply fortunate accidents. Number one on this year’s hit list was our opportunity to...
by National Space Society | Jun 6, 2018 | ISDC
by Dave Dressler and Rod Pyle Image: Jeff Bezos with Space Settlement Contest students at the 2018 International Space Development Conference. Credit: Keith Zacharski, National Space Society. ISDC 2018 was seen by many as the “Best ISDC ever!” The conference kicked...
by National Space Society | May 23, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Press Releases
Another American Century or will it belong to Someone Else? The 20th century was the American Century. However, Chinese competitors have made a bid for ownership of the 21st century with a series of audacious global projects such as the 3 Gorges Dam, a Space Station,...
by National Space Society | May 16, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Press Releases
Disabled astronauts offer unique solutions to emergencies in space According to Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen of Bowling Green State University, disabilities can be superpowers for astronauts in space. A position she and her co-author, Joshua Miele, of the Smith Kettlewell...
by National Space Society | May 15, 2018 | ISDC, NSS Press Releases
Tom Mueller, a founding SpaceX employee, and designer of the Merlin and Raptor engines, is one of the world’s foremost spacecraft propulsion experts. Mueller will be providing the Thursday, May 24th Plenary Address at the ISDC in Los Angeles, CA. If you attend,...
