by National Space Society | Dec 24, 2018 | Commercial Space, Commercial Spaceflight, Space Colonization, Space Development, Space Settlement
Image: Starship Alpha construction at Boca Chica, December 23, 2018 (courtesy SpaceX). By Dale Skran NSS Executive Vice President Copyright 2018 I remember movies like When Worlds Collide. There was always, at least in my gauzy memory, a scene of the mighty rocket...
by National Space Society | Dec 6, 2018 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Electrical Requirements for a Spectrum of Multi-Stage Space Farms by Bryce L. Meyer. Abstract Future long-term space missions and settlements will be energy intensive and will need both biological and mechanical...
by National Space Society | Oct 30, 2018 | Event, National Space Society, NSS Press Releases, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Some of the finest minds from NASA, private industry and academia will come together at the University of Southern California on November 2-3, 2018 to address critical issues and opportunities in the settlement and utilization of space in the National Space Society’s...
by National Space Society | Sep 13, 2018 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal are two articles that deal at least in part with the optimal size for space settlements. The 5-Kilometer “Sweet Spot” The first paper by Pekka Janhunen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute deals primarily with...
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 Bob Lee | Jun 21, 2018 | Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Have you ever wished to build a Martian settlement from scratch and attempt to make it self-sufficient? That’s what the game “Surviving Mars” provides. You begin by selecting which materials to send initially and where to land the supply ship after using probes to...
by National Space Society | Apr 29, 2017 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Orbital Space Settlement Radiation Shielding, a paper by Al Globus and Joe Strout, has just been published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal. Abstract We examine the radiation shielding requirements for protecting the inhabitants of orbital space settlements....
by National Space Society | Feb 6, 2017 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Losing the Geomagnetic Shield: A Critical Issue for Space Settlement, a new paper by Philip K. Chapman, has just been published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal. Abstract. The geomagnetic field seems to be collapsing. This has happened many times in the deep past,...
