by National Space Society | Mar 19, 2020 | Astronauts, ISDC, National Space Society
NASA astronaut and Apollo 15 Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden was a featured guest and speaker at the 2019 International Space Development Conference. Al was presented with the National Space Society’s Space Pioneer award at the conference. This 12-minute...
by National Space Society | Feb 28, 2020 | National Space Society, NSS Press Releases
Dyson was a long-serving member of the NSS Board of Governors and recipient of the NSS Robert A. Heinlein and Gerard K. O’Neill Memorial Awards. The National Space Society (NSS) mourns the loss of one of its own, Mr. Freeman Dyson. Dyson was an iconic figure in...
by National Space Society | Feb 5, 2020 | National Space Society, Space Development, Space Policy, Space Solar Power
Abstract The National Space Society (NSS) proposes a public/private partnership approach to develop and demonstrate space solar power at a sufficiently high level of technical maturity that commercial energy providers can subsequently build initial operational systems...
by National Space Society | Jan 3, 2020 | Event, National Space Society, Political Action Alert, Space Policy
Join NSS and the Alliance for Space Development (ASD) in our 2020 March Storm congressional advocacy blitz, March 15th – 19th in Washington D.C.! Are you passionate about the continuation and growth of human space activity? Do you want to see the continued progress of...
by National Space Society | Nov 24, 2019 | National Space Society, Space Policy
A new NSS Position Paper just released is reproduced in full below. We also have a PDF copy. The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, a goal that the National Space Society (NSS) applauds. Due to recent efforts...
by National Space Society | Nov 19, 2019 | National Space Society, Space Policy
By Al Globus NSS Representative to the Alliance for Space Development [copy of this paper in PDF] Abstract The Alliance for Space Development (ASD) has had remarkable success lobbying Congress to adopt space development and settlement objectives including: 1. Full...
by National Space Society | Nov 4, 2019 | National Space Society
NSS Space Development Talk NSS Executive Vice President Alfred Anzaldua gave a talk to a group in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico about NSS priorities for space development, focusing on the need to build cislunar/lunar infrastructure and utilize space resources as a...
by National Space Society | Oct 30, 2019 | National Space Society, Space Policy
In noting the parallels between debris or pollution in the seas of the world and debris in orbit, but also the lack of mechanisms in space for dealing with it, the NSS Policy Committee produced its latest policy paper, titled “Space Debris Removal, Salvage, and Use:...
