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 members of the Sacramento L-5…
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 members of the Sacramento L-5…
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 fall reaches maximum speed. The…
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 apply acceleration to itself (a…
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 duties. — Alfred North Whitehead…
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 Life Magazine photographers to photograph…
Good Reading!Starship Century: Toward the Grandest HorizonEdited by James Benford and Gregory BenfordStarship Century is a ground‐breaking anthology of science and science fiction based on findings and discussions of the 100‐Year Starship…