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August Blitz/Fall Fury 2018 Home District Congressional Visits
You are cordially invited to join the 2018 Annual Alliance for Space Development/National Space Society/Space Frontier Society August Blitz/Fall Fury Home District congressional action event. This event supports the 2018 Alliance for Space Development (ASD) annual campaign. Briefing materials will be provided on topics such as commercial LEO space station initiatives, legislation to enable cislunar commercialization, and support for planetary defense. The August Home District Blitz is free and open to all; invite your space-interested friends.
- Signup Form. After filling out the form you will receive an email with further instructions.
- Talking Points (PDF)
- Advocacy Training (PDF)
- Commercial LEO Stations FAQ (PDF)
This year we will be using a google form to file reports on each meeting. Although you can fill out the form on a mobile phone it is strongly recommended that one member of the team bring a tablet or laptop to type notes during the meeting. Alternatively notes can be taken by hand during the meeting and entered in the form later. However if you do this be sure to print out the form to refer to so you collect all the needed information.
- Please take pictures of all staffer business cards and email them as attachments to [email protected] or [email protected]
- Photos taken during the meeting should be emailed as attachments to Ian at [email protected] or [email protected]
Please direct any questions to August Blitz Chair Ian Burrell at [email protected] or NSS Policy Chair Dale Skran at [email protected].
Space Policy topics from the NSS Blog:
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Businessweek: The New Space Age
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...
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National Space Society Endorses NASA Administrator Bridenstine’s Reusable Path to the Moon
The National Space Society, America's leading citizen space advocacy organization, calls attention to the fact that under its new administrator, James Bridenstine, NASA has the potential to make a major step forward in space. Moving beyond a limited usage of reusable...
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Summer is coming to an end, so it’s time to sign up for this year’s August Home District Blitz/Fall Fury!
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee If you don’t already know, August Blitz/Fall Fury is an Alliance for Space Development/National Space Society/Space Frontier Foundation sponsored event which takes place in your home state. Like other congressional visits,...
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March Storm a Success; August Blitz/Fall Fury Home District Congressional Visits Coming Up
Image: March Storm 2018 training session August Blitz/Fall Fury 2018 Home District Congressional Visits Coming Up You are cordially invited to join the 2018 Annual Alliance for Space Development/National Space Society/Space Frontier Society August Blitz/Fall Fury Home...
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Blog writers wanted for “2018 Milestones in Space Development”
The NSS Policy Committee has endorsed a new initiative defining a set of: 2018 Milestones to Space Development (PDF slide set) Volunteers are solicited to write up NSS Blog posts on the milestones remaining for 2018. The purpose of this project is to: 1 - Call...
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NSS Endorses Space Policy Directive 2
NSS endorses Space Policy Directive 2 (SPD2) which was issued May 24th (see full copy). This directive calls for a broadly scoped reform of the regulation of commercial space activities with a view towards allowing industry to operate more easily in space. Although...
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March Storm Washington Blitz – Part 2
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee NSS is one of the sponsors of March Storm, a Washington DC Blitz event supporting a citizens; space agenda. The “talking points” slides for the March 2018 event can be found...
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March Storm Washington Blitz – Part 1
By Dale Skran, Chair, NSS Policy Committee NSS is one of the sponsors of March Storm, a Washington DC Blitz event supporting a citizens; space agenda. The "talking points" slides for the March 2018 event can be found here:...
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