Space Port with Orbital Tether
Orbital TethersCatch and ReleaseShave precious delta-V off the cost to orbitWhy Orbiting Tethers• Orbiting tethers: long tethers making one revolution per orbit, with the same end pointing down at all…
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 energy it's not so clear where…
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 to overcome barriers to creating…
The Artemis Moon Program
November 2019The NASA Artemis Moon program aims to land the first woman and the next man on theMoon by 2024, a goal that the National Space Society (NSS) applauds. Due…
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 thinks. When we think about…
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 society, organizing events, communicating with…
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. Something must give—but what? Read…
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 to Mars. The 2020 International…
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 blitz, March 15th – 19th…
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 the armed forces.” The reason…