Our New YouTube Channel
Check out the first video on the new Sacramento L5 Society YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/elrkYlD1694 Click Here for the Sacramento L5 Society YouTubeChannel Page
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Our New YouTube Channel
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…
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Space Port with Orbital Tether
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…
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How fast will 1g get you there?
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…
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Space Debris Removal: Maritime Lessons
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…
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They’re Made Out of Meat
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…
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Creating a New U.S. Chapter of the National Space Society
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…
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International Space Development Conference
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…
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March Storm Congressional Visits
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 fuel, satellites, space stations, and…
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Moon Industrial Complex
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 as as entire city-states or nature…
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O’Neill Cylinders