by National Space Society | Jul 20, 2019 | National Space Society, NSS Website Updates, Space Solar Power
NSS has just issued a new Position Paper on “Space Solar Power: Enabling a Green Future with Economic Growth.” The United States and the rest of the world face a two-fold energy problem: (1) the need to find clean alternative sources of energy to move away...
by National Space Society | Jul 13, 2019 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Control of Habitat’s Carbon Dioxide Level by Biomass Burning by Pekka Janhunen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Helsinki. Abstract Consider a free-space settlement with a closed ecosystem. Controlling...
by National Space Society | Apr 11, 2019 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
New in the NSS Space Settlement Journal is the article Gravitat: Proposal for a Standard Design Vessel for Space Settlement, by Dr. Pietro Calogero. Abstract In this paper I propose a “gravitat” as a two-pod vessel rotating around a central truss. I argue that a...
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 | 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 | Apr 29, 2018 | National Space Society, NSS Website Updates
By Alice M. Hoffman, PE I’d like to welcome you to our new website, with the informative content you’ve come to expect from NSS, but now available anywhere you roam with your smartphone! Whether you want to find out how to get involved in great space...
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,...
