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Nasa Moon Program COVID Delays
NASA Moon Program and Hubble Telescope Successor Face COVID-19 Delays Read full article <<. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine was almost giddy when he unveiled the
April 2, 2020
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Airships today!
Airships lost out to conventional aircraft after a series of disastrous crashes. But now safer technology could be the key to their return. Zeppelins fill
April 1, 2020
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Mission Control
Our New YouTube Channel
Check out the first video on the new Sacramento L5 Society YouTube Channel Click Here for the Sacramento L5 Society YouTubeChannel Page
March 21, 2020
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Tom Tolan and the Dream Chaser
Tom Tolan is a core member of the Sacramento L5 Society and we’re happy for him since he gets to work on the Dream Chaser
March 17, 2020
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Cislunar
No Stopping in Orbit by Paul Turner
There is a common misperception that if you get rocket up high enough, say several hundred miles above the ground, there will be no gravity
March 15, 2020
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Mission Control
Space Port with Orbital Tether
Orbital Tethers Catch and Release Shave precious delta-V off the cost to orbit Why Orbiting Tethers• Orbiting tethers: long tethers making one revolution per orbit,
March 14, 2020
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How fast will 1g get you there?
1.75 hours to the moon! The concept of 1 g acceleration providing a comfortable environment for travel is enticing. But even if you have the
March 7, 2020
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Space Debris Removal: Maritime Lessons
In noting the commonalities between debris or pollution in the oceans and seas of the world and debris in orbit, NSS proposes mechanisms and systems
March 7, 2020
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Moon
The Artemis Moon Program
November 2019 The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024, a goal that
March 7, 2020
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They’re Made Out of Meat
Terry Bisson, in his short story, “They’re Made Out of Meat,” speculates on the odd fact that this material in our head has consciousness and
February 29, 2020
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Creating a New U.S. Chapter of the National Space Society
NSS U. S. chapters may serve a local area (“Indianapolis, IN”) or have a topical focus (“lunar bases”). Chapters are the peripheral organs of the
February 23, 2020
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A Cosmic Crisis
How a Dispute over a Single Number Became a Cosmological Crisis Two divergent measurements of how fast the universe is expanding cannot both be right.
February 22, 2020
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Earth
International Space Development Conference
ISDC 2020 Read more… NASA has a plan––establish a permanent human presence on the Moon within the next decade and then continue the journey on
February 22, 2020
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March Storm Congressional Visits
Space needs YOU in Washington, DC March 15-19 Register Here Join NSS and the Alliance for Space Development in our 2020 March Storm congressional advocacy
February 18, 2020
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Cislunar
Urgent Need for US Space Force
In June 2018, President Trump directed the Department of Defense to “begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the sixth branch of
February 16, 2020
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Cislunar
Elon Musk Starship and Super Heavy
Starship and Super Heavy are the biggest, most important pieces of Elon Musk’sgrand plan for SpaceX, his private spaceflight company. Musk has repeatedly stressed that
January 25, 2020
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Cislunar
Moon Industrial Complex
The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket
January 25, 2020
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Megastructures E04 – Rotating Habitats
In this fourth installment of the series we take a lengthy look at Rotating Habitats, large space stations that simulate gravity via spin and can
January 25, 2020
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O’Neill Cylinders
A look at O’Neill Cylinders, immense space habitats. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Far larger than any conventional Space Station, O’Neill Cylinders could potentially serve
January 25, 2020
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Liftoff!
Apollo 11 World Wide Breakfast
Last summer Joe Bland the President of the Sacramento L5 Society organized a world wide video conference to celebrate our landing of Apollo 11 on
January 24, 2020
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Solar System
Solar Minimum is Coming
High up in the clear blue noontime sky, the sun appears to be much the same day-in, day-out, year after year. But astronomers have long
January 24, 2020
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Earth
3D Video Tool Demo
Apple 3D Video Tool Demo by Ed Kulis – [email protected] The sky is the limit? Well, why stop there? The space program inspired wave after wave of
January 20, 2020
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Implementing the NSS Vision
Exciting News! Our Sacramento L5 Society has an article published in the National Space Society Magazine! Implementing the NSS Vision We, a consensus of the
January 20, 2020
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Moon
Fly Me to the Moon
Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider’s Guide to the New Science of Space Travel by Edward Belbruno This is a great book that describes
January 20, 2020
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Orbital Mechanics
Oberth effect
In astronautics, a powered flyby, or Oberth maneuver, is a maneuver in which a spacecraft falls into a gravitational well, and then accelerates when its
January 19, 2020
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Solar System
Fuel and Drink on Enceladus
Ted Talks is a great site to see enthusiasm for technical and intellectual excellence. Check out Carolyn Porco: This is Saturn where Carolyn describes the water on Enceladus and
January 19, 2020
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Orbital Mechanics
Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
The Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation, describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can
January 19, 2020
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It is the business of the future to be dangerous…
It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its
January 19, 2020
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Earth
Ed Kulis Visits the Kennedy Space Center
Fantastic trip! Here’s some of the surprises: The VAB Vehicle Assembly Building – you can’t tell how large it is. I’ve heard the NASA wanted
January 19, 2020
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Starship Century by James Benford and Gregory Benford
Good Reading! Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon Edited by James Benford and Gregory Benford Starship Century is a ground‐breaking anthology of science and science fiction based
January 19, 2020
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January 18, 2020
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Earth
You Too Can Grow Giant Mushrooms in Your Basement!
Well, not actually but come join us and grow the tech to settle space. Contribute to the blog! Attend our monthly meetings in person or online.
January 18, 2020
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SacL5 $100 Million Grant Proposal
In 2016, the SL5S entered the “100&Change” grant contest. Their entry focused on helping solve the enormous problems resulting from the ongoing collision between linear
January 18, 2020
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Spaceports in Space where they belong!
Spaceports in the desert sound dusty? Would you put seaports in the desert? How about Space Ports in Space? — Here’s PDF links for original
January 18, 2020
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Earth
SacL5 January Meeting
Clockwise from right, Jan, Ed, Joe and Tom on screen met for 2 hours Saturday 1/11/20 at 5pm at JP Aerospace, Rancho Cordova, CA. Here’s
January 14, 2020
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Earth
Sierra Nevada’s “Dream Chaser” Build
Sierra Nevada Corp. opened part of its plant in Louisville in October 2019 to the public to celebrate the arrival of the primary structure of
January 14, 2020
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Solar System
NASA Planetary Science
NASA’s planetary science program is engaged in one of the oldest scientific pursuits: the observation and discovery of our solar system’s planetary objects. We undertake
January 11, 2020
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Real Warp Drive Theory
Alcubierre drive The Alcubierre drive, Alcubierre warp drive, or Alcubierre metric (referring to metric tensor) is a speculative idea based on a solution of Einstein’s field equations in general relativity as proposed by Mexican
January 11, 2020
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Mission Control
Powering a Moon Base
In the human race’s distant past, the world was effectively boundless. The L5 Society was originally founded on the vision that it’s possible to recreate
January 4, 2020
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December 24, 2019
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Mission Control
November 16, 2019
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Mission Control
November 11, 2019
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Liftoff!
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October 13, 2019
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