The Firstborn Obligation
The Firstborn ObligationIf we are alone, then what we choose now matters not just for us, but for the future history of the universe. Whether intelligence becomes a brief, tragic…
Compton Airport Honors Laser Pioneer Hildreth “Hal” Walker Jr. at Air and Space Fair 2025
https://youtu.be/1a7GVSjk3uU?si=3M4a5MhsSntFNJIn In 2025, Compton Woodley Airport paid tribute to Hildreth “Hal” Walker Jr., a distinguished laser scientist and space technology pioneer, during its Air and Space Fair. The airport presented…
Paraplegic engineer becomes first wheelchair user to float in space
Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a 33-year-old paraplegic aerospace engineer from Germany, made history by becoming the first wheelchair user to travel to space on a Blue Origin suborbital flight. Benthaus, who was paralyzed…
Chapter Resources Now on NSS Website
Here's the new location of the chapter resources page which is now on the NSS Website And here's the look of the top of the page. Click the image to…
The Perfect Battery Material Is Dangerous!
High-energy rechargeable batteries seemed impossible, until we made them. https://youtu.be/AGglJehON5g?si=Dsztg73Kua744KS7
Arduino Stop-Motion Camera
This video describes a build of an Arduino Camera Device that takes stop motion videos. This is part of the Sacramento Balloon Device Project to fly and Arduino device on…
Arduino ArduCAM SD Card Image Capture
Using an Arduino Nano controller, here's how to connect an Arduino compatible ArduCam, and an SD Card to capture an correctly formatted jpeg image that can be displayed on a…
Interstellar Probes Propelled by Self-Steering Momentum Transfer Particles
ABSTRACT Spacecraft propulsion by reflection of beamed particles or photons represents a highly efficient means of achieving high velocities for interstellar spacecraft because the reaction mass and energy source do…
What led LaGrange to discover the five special orbital points?
He was trying to solve the three body problem. Kepler followed by Newton, solved the two body problem, but the three body problem completely defied analysis. That is, can you…
Mars Has a Fatal Flaw – And No-one Has the Solution
There are a number of huge tech problems that block human settlement on Mars.Mars has no magnetic field so there's no diversion of solar or cosmic rays which will cause…