by National Space Society | Dec 3, 2018 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development
Third Flight of the Same Falcon 9 Block 5 First Stage Makes History By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President In an earlier blog post (https://space.nss.org/the-spacex-triple-trifecta/) I described SpaceX’s three ambitious goals for 2018: Bring the Falcon Heavy (FH)...
by National Space Society | Sep 1, 2018 | Commercial Space, Space Development
Image: JAXA astronaut Norishige Kanai with the Made in Space ZBLAN machine, courtesy NASA. By Dale Skran According to sources inside Made in Space, the company is getting ready for the third flight of their ZBLAN fiber optic cable manufacturing machine. The first...
by National Space Society | Aug 30, 2018 | Asteroids, JAXA, Space Development, Space Exploration
Illustration by Akihiro Ikeshita (C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) By Trevor Mills What is Hayabusa2? Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 (“Peregrine Falcon” in Japanese) is a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft which is scheduled to return a...
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 | Aug 18, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Transportation
The 11-minute video below by an outfit called Startup Division depicts the formidable competition that Space-X is and will be facing for lowered launch costs. Worth a watch. The race is heating...
by National Space Society | Aug 15, 2018 | Commercial Space, Space Development, Space Policy
A Magazine Review by Dale L Skran, NSS Executive Vice President The July 30, 2018 issue of Business Week is a special issue devote entirely to space. For the most part the articles are serious and interesting, with one glaring exception. NSS and its International...
by National Space Society | Jul 28, 2018 | Commercial Spaceflight, Space Development, Space Tourism
Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity third powered flight on July 26th 2018. Image courtesy of Virgin Galactic. By Bob Brodbeck Less than two months after the previous test, Virgin Galactic on Thursday afternoon (July 26) launched its reusable Virgin spaceship (VSS)...
by National Space Society | Jul 27, 2018 | Space Development, Space Transportation
Artist’s concept of the Big Falcon Spaceship (BFS) docked with the International Space Station. Image credit: SpaceX. OPINION by Dale Skran, NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 A lot of space advocates (myself included!) are looking forward to the first...
