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,...
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 15, 2016 | NSS Website Updates
Short and to the point: The NSS Blog is now mobile friendly. Google’s Mobile-Friendly test report: “Awesome! This page is mobile friendly.”
by National Space Society | Sep 13, 2016 | NSS Website Updates, Space Colonization, Space Settlement
Making It on the Moon: Bootstrapping Lunar Industry, a paper by Dave Dietzler, has just been published in the NSS Space Settlement Journal. Abstract: The cost of rocketing cargo into space is very high. Great savings can result if local resources like oxygen and...
