NSS Space Forums

 

The National Space Society sponsors an ongoing series of virtual forums and town halls covering all areas of space exploration, development and settlement. We invite thought leaders to candidly express their views on space and the future.

• In the queue:
  Grant Anderson – Life Support
  Peter Garretson – Security
  Erin Macdonald – The Science of Star Trek
  Larry Bradley – Webb Space Telescope
  Mark and Tom Usciak – Space Launch Photography Through the Years
• March 23, 2023 – Space Solar Power
  
  
• March 9, 2023 – Space for a Better World with Christina Korp
  
  
• February 23, 2023 – 2022 NSS Space Health Contest Winner – “A Healthy Space” with Dr. Maria Kuman
  
  
• February 9, 2023 – Two Hundred Years of Space Tourism with Bill Bradshaw
  
  
• January 26, 2023 – Turning Orbital Trash into Space Treasure with Al Anzaldúa
  
  
  
  
  
• January 19, 2023 – Vikram-S Rocket: A Discussion with the SKYROOT Staff with Sireesh Pallikonda and
  Madhu Thangavelu
  
  
  
  
  
• January 12, 2023 – Commercial LEO Space Stations and the NASA Commercial LEO Destinations Program with the NSS Space Ambassadors
  
  
  
  
  
• December 8, 2022 – 2022 Space Year in Review with Larry Boyle
  
  
  
  
  
• November 10, 2022 – Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) with the leaders of SEDS-USA
  
  
  
  
  
• October 27, 2022 – From Fashion to Space: An Artist’s Adventures with James Vaughan
  
  
  
  
  
• October 13, 2022 – From Earth to Orbit to Industry: An Astronaut’s Journey – A Conversation with Capt. Scott Altman, USN (Retired) with Scott Altman
  
  
  
  
  
• September 29, 2022 – Space is a Cool Place for Business with Olivia Gamez Hozhaus, Oluseye Soyode-Johnson, Brandon Seifert, Kalle Vaha-Jaakkola, and Stephan Reckie
  
  
  
  
  
• September 15, 2022 – Automated Psychotherapy in Space with Logan Smith, M.S.
  
  
  
  
  
• August 25, 2022 – SpacEdge Education and NSS Career Center – Town Hall with Frances Dellutri and Burt Dicht
  
  
  
  
  
• August 11, 2022 – Direct Fusion Drive for Space Power and Propulsion with Dr. Christopher Galea
  
  
  
  
  
• July 21, 2022 – Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age with Lori Garver
  
  
  
  
  
• July 14, 2022 – Technology Demonstrator Mission for Fast Solar Wind Sailing with Jeff Greason
  
  
  
  
  
• June 16, 2022 – Becoming Off-Worldly: Preparing for Your Spaceflight Journey with Laura Forczyk
  
  
  
  
  
• May 26, 2022 – National Space Society Chapters 2022 Annual Awards Ceremony with Larry Ahearn and David Stuart
  
  
  
  
  
• May 19, 2022 – Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM) at Biosphere 2 with Kai Staats & Trent Tresch
  
  
  
  
  
• April 24, 2022 – Breakfast on the Moon: Apollo 16 50th Anniversary Celebration with Beth O’Leary, Lisa Westwood, Michelle Hanlon, and Michelle Wilmot
  
  
  
  
  
• April 7, 2022 – New and Innovative Views on Preventing Conflict and Enhancing Accountability with NSS President Michelle Hanlon and the NSS Legal Fellows
  
  
  
  
  
• March 31, 2022 – Expanding Frontiers: Astropreneurship in South Texas with Fredrick Jenet
  
  
  
  
  
• March 10, 2022 – A Framework for Architecting the Future of Space with Gary Barnhard
  
  
  
  
  
• January 27, 2022 – Eyewitness to Launch Operations: Space UpClose Inside the Fence at Kennedy Space Center with Jean Wright and Dr. Ken Kremer
  
  
  
  
  
• January 13, 2022 – Webb Space Telescope: First Light Machine with Dr. H. Philip Stahl
  
  
  
  
  
• December 2, 2021 – 2021 Space Year in Review with Larry Boyle
  
  
  
  
  
• November 4, 2021 – NSS/MMAARS Space Health and Diet Contest Winners
  
  
  
  
  
• October 28, 2021 – Space Farming with Bryce Meyer
  
  

• October 23, 2021 – Astronaut Eileen Collins
  
  

• September 23, 2021 – Shuttle Mission Control Stories with Marianne Dyson
  
  

• September 9, 2021 – The NSS Policy Committee with Randy Gigante and Charles Ellzey
  
  
  
  
  
• August 19, 2021 – “I Was a Teenage Space Reporter” with David Chudwin
  
  
  
  
  
• August 7, 2021 – Breakfast on the Moon #5 – Apollo 15 50th Anniversary
  
  
  
  
  
• August 5, 2021 – NASA’s Space Launch System: Countdown to Launch
  
  
  
  
  
• July 31, 2021 – NSS Town Hall – 2021 Chapter Awards
  
  
  
  
  
• July 29-30, 2021 – SpaceRush 360 from Kennedy Space Center (registration only). Promo:
  
  
  
  
  
• July 22, 2021 – Rocket Summer: The Adventures of Blue Origin, SpaceX, and Virgin Galactic
  
  
  
  
  
• July 10, 2021 – Space Policy and Universalization (spUN) Debate Program Awards Event (internal)
  
  
• July 8, 2021 – NSS Excellence Awards Presentation
  
  
• June 24-27, 2021 – ISDC 2021 Virtual Event – Three Days
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• June 17, 2021 – Preview of Virtual ISDC 2021 and An NSS Membership Overview
  
  
  
  
  
• June 3, 2021 – Gerard K. O’Neill and the Future that Calls Us with Emily Carney
  
  
  
  
  
• May 20, 2021 – A Modern Day Space Elevator – 2021 with Dr. Peter Swan
  
  
  
  
  
• May 6, 2021 – The Changing Face of Aerospace: Perspectives from a Panel of Early Career Professionals presented by Chantelle Baier
  
  
  
  
  
• April 22, 2021 – Filling the Gaps in Space Law to Support Future Communities in Space presented by Michelle Hanlon:
  
  
  
  
  
• April 8, 2021 – A Conversation with Scott Pace moderated by Greg Autry:
  
  
  
  
  
• March 25, 2021 – New Rides to the Moon with Dale Skran:
  
  

• March 11, 2021 – Town Hall: A Conversation with the Presidents with Geoffrey Notkin, Janet Ivey, and Michelle Hanlon:
  
  

• February 25, 2021 – Space Settlement Perspectives with Jim Crisafulli and Jim Plaxco:

• February 11, 2021 – Space Art: Documenting the Story of NASA’s Quest for the Moon with Chris Calle:

• February 6, 2021 – Breakfast On The Moon Apollo 14 Anniversary with Gerald Griffin

• February 4, 2021 – Space Settlement 2021 Special Broadcast:

• January 28, 2021 – Ask An Astronaut with Terry Virts:

• January 14, 2021 – Space Stations in Popular Culture – Bradshaw, Dicht

• December 17, 2020 – 2020 Space Year in Review – Boyle, Plaxco

• November 19, 2020 – The Road to Space – The First Thousand Years – Gruntman, Dicht:
  

• November 5, 2020 – Where Should We Settle First? – Sercel, Zubrin, Gale

• October 29, 2020 – The Scientific Feasibility of Space Settlement – Rens, Gale, Skran

• October 8, 2020 – NSS Chapters World Space Week Webinar – SpaceX, Blue Origin, Space Tourism – Plaxco, Barnard, Meyer, McMurray, Potter

• October 1, 2020 – Factors Impacting the Sustainability of a Lunar Economy with Jim Plaxco

• September 30, 2020 – The Orbital Economy: Challenges & Opportunities along the Path to a Trillion-Dollar Economy with Lynn Harper, Alex MacDonald, Mike Lewis, Cindy Martin-Brennan, Rich Boling, Elena Bulanova, Andrew Rush, and Bruce Pittman:

• September 17, 2020 – Infectious Disease and Spaceflight – Plush, Kross, Dellutri

• August 27, 2020 – A Conversation with Jeff Greason – Jeff Greason, Dale Skran

• August 20, 2020 – The Case for Space-Based Solar Power – Garretson, Mankins, Hopkins

• August 13, 2020 – A Conversation with Lori Garver with Lori Garver and Jeff Liss:

• August 6, 2020 – Long Duration Space Flight Diet Competition Winners
  
  
• July 30, 2020 – Town Hall: 2020 NSS Chapters Awards Presentation with Larry Ahearn and David Stuart:

• July 23, 2020 – Where Could the First Space Settlements Go? with Al Globus and Jeff Liss

• July 16, 2020 – A Day in Space 2020, Parts 1-10:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• July 9, 2020 – Hawaii Space Exploration Analog with Henk Rogers

• May 28, 2020 – When We Get Back to the Moon – What Then? – Cheuvront, Plata, Zubrin, Liss
  
  

• May 21, 2020 – Janet Ivey with Frances Dellutri

• May 3, 2020 – Expert Panel on Space Universalization with Lorna Jean Edmonds

• April 17, 2020 – SpacEdge Academy – Zielinksi, Dellutri, Gustafsen