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.
October 24, 2024 – Vaya Space: Engineering the Future of Sustainable Space Access with Josh Dzugen
August 15, 2024 – Bringing Columbia Home with Michael Leinbach and Jonathan Ward
June 20, 2024 – Wally Funk: Higher, Faster, Longer with Loretta Hall
June 13, 2024 – Experiencing the Moon at Kennedy Space Center with Dr. Kirby Runyon PhD
May 9, 2024 – A Launch Director’s Perspective with Bob Sieck
May 2, 2024 – From Campus to the Cosmos: The EagleCam Adventure with Vikas Patel
April 11, 2024 – A Preview of the International Space Development Conference with Aggie Kobrin, Rod Pyle, and Tony Paustian
April 11, 2024 – Experiments, Modeling, and Theoretical Efforts in Fusion, Artificial Gravity, and Breakthrough Propulsion with Professor Jason Cassibry
March 14, 2024 – Navigating the Space Coast Rocket Landscape with Laura Forczyk
March 7, 2024 – Maximizing Your Solar Eclipse Experience with Jim Plaxco
February 15, 2024 – Space Policy and March Storm with Jonathan Dagle
February 8, 2024 – Hollywood Goes to Space with Danica Vallone
December 14, 2023 – The Year in Space with Larry Boyle
November 30, 2023 – Humans vs. Robots in Space with Jim Plaxco
November 16, 2023 – NSS Town Hall with Burt Dicht
October 19, 2023 – A Conversation with Alan Stern
October 12, 2023 – The Sew Sisters with Jean Wright
September 14, 2023 – New NASA Space Technologies with James Tomaka
August 17, 2023 – Additive Construction on the Moon and Mars with Melodie Yashar – not recorded due to proprietary information
August 10, 2023 – Astronaut Scholars Panel – video forthcoming
July 20, 2023 – National Space Society Senior Leadership Open House with Excellence Awards and Apollo 11 Celebration with Anita Gale and Dale Skran
July 13, 2023 – The Space Fair and Instabase with Doug Plata, MD
June 22, 2023 – How Science Keeps Earth Safe from Dangerous Asteroids with Jonathan Dagle
April 20, 2023 – THE NEW GUYS: The Historic Class of Astronauts that Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel with Meredith Bagby
March 23, 2023 – Space Solar Power: The Future Is Here with Gary Barnhard and John Mankins
March 9, 2023 – Connecting the Space Curious with the Space Serious with Christina Korp
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 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
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
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:
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 1 — Bruce Pittman on our future in space
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 2 — Apollo, with Walt Cunningham, Fred Haise, Al Worden, Gerry Griffin
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 3 — Buzz Aldrin Interview by Geoffrey Notkin
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 4 – Dr. Sara Seager and Exoplanets
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 5 – Dr. Alan Stern on the New Horizons mission to Pluto
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 6 – Rod Pyle and Rob Manning debate Mars exploration
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 7 – Karlton Johnson on pro-space outreach and space community diversity
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 8 – Dr. Anthony Paustian on imagination, innovation and Apollo
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 9 – Shawna Pandya MD on health challenges of extended spaceflight
NSS “A Day in Space” Segment 10 – Steve Jurvetson on innovation and investment in space
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
