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 | Apr 14, 2017 | ISDC, NSS Press Releases, Space Business
National Space Society and The Center for Space Commerce and Finance have announced that this year’s second regional NewSpace Business Plan Competition will be held in conjunction with the 2017 International Space Development Conference (ISDC) on May 26, in St. Louis....
by National Space Society | Jan 13, 2016 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Solar Power, Space Tourism, Space Transportation
Excellent 7-minute video from United Launch Alliance:
by National Space Society | Jun 19, 2014 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Near Earth Objects, Space Business
NASA has awarded two contracts to Deep Space Industries Inc. to accelerate the agency’s plans to partner with private industry on asteroid prospecting and harvesting. One will analyze commercial approaches to NASA’s asteroid goals and how an industry-led asteroid...
by National Space Society | Mar 25, 2014 | Commercial Spaceflight, ISDC, NSS Press Releases, Space Business
The National Space Society takes great pleasure in awarding its 2014 Space Pioneer Award for the Entrepreneurial Business category to SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne R. Shotwell. NSS will present the Space Pioneer Award to Mrs. Shotwell on Saturday...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Jan 29, 2013 | Asteroids, Commercial Spaceflight, Near Earth Objects, Space Business
In an online article about Deep Space Industries, the newly announced asteroid mining company, Fox News quoted NSS Executive Committee Chair Mark Hopkins as follows: “They have the potential to make an enormous amount of money,” Mark Hopkins, a founding member of the...
by FredNSSBecker | Dec 21, 2011 | Space, Space Business, Space Policy, Space Settlement, Space Solar Power, Space Transportation
Editorial by Al Globus, December 2011 Do lunar mines make sense? The answer depends on what you want to do in space. If what you want is something close to what we have now: a booming commercial communication satellite business and government programs for science and...
by David Brandt-Erichsen | Aug 16, 2011 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Business, Space Transportation
NASA has agreed in principle to allow the SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule to dock with the International Space Station. Launch of the Dragon on a SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled for November 30 with the docking to occur 9 days later. This will be the 3rd launch of Falcon 9....
