by National Space Society | Feb 4, 2017 | Event, NSS Press Releases, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
An enormously successful first annual Space Settlement Summit hosted by the National Space Society (NSS) occurred on January 10-11, 2017, in Santa Monica, California. Industry leaders, financial experts, scientists and engineers, and leading space activists were...
by National Space Society | Dec 28, 2016 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
The paper “A Survey of Space Settlement Designs” by Thomas Marotta has been just been published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal. Abstract The author compiled every known orbital space settlement design into a database. Grouped into chronological...
by National Space Society | Oct 30, 2016 | Space Colonization, Space Settlement, Space Solar Power
By Al Globus Copyright © 2016 Al Globus Published in the French language magazine Diplomatie PDF version of this article Very smart and capable people have been dreaming about space settlement for decades, but these dreams have not come to fruition. Why? Because...
by National Space Society | Oct 10, 2016 | Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Text and photos by Alla Malko, PhD On September 26, 2016 3,000 delegates from 80 countries gathered in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the 67th International Astronautical Congress. The theme of this year’s congress was “Making space accessible and affordable to all...
by National Space Society | Sep 27, 2016 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Elon Musk’s complete talk at the International Astronautical Congress on September 27, 2016.
by National Space Society | Sep 27, 2016 | Commercial Spaceflight, NSS Press Releases, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
At today’s meeting of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico, Elon Musk, CEO of Space X, announced his bold plan to build a city on Mars. For over 40 years the National Space Society has led advocacy for space settlement. According to...
by National Space Society | Sep 20, 2016 | Event, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
On Tuesday September 27, on the second day of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Guadalajara, Mexico, Elon Musk will deliver a special keynote presentation on “Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species.” Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges...
by National Space Society | Sep 19, 2016 | Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Here’s a virtual space settlement “ball drop” experiment courtesy of Joe Strout. The ball starts out six meters above the deck, initially stationary with respect to the rotating settlement. Then it is dropped, much like Galileo dropping stones from...
