FYI @NSS splinter group Space Development Steering Committee attacks trade group Space Exploration Alliance. Oddly SEA includes NSS. They really mean Coalition for Deep Space Exploration. Hard to make a point If you can't even name allies/enemies properly https://t.co/xGK84wWX0k pic.twitter.com/pMpnrXqA34 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) January 13, 2020 Keith’s 17 January note: The authors finally fixed their error.
Letter from Paul Damphousse to National Space Society Board “During the last year in this role it has become abundantly clear, however, that as long as elements of the existing leadership of the NSS continue to pursue courses of action– and perpetuate an atmosphere– that are not in the best interests of the Society, the challenges the organization face will become insurmountable. For both professional and personal reasons, I have […]
Stephen Colbert To Receive NSS Award from Buzz Aldrin May 3 on The Colbert Report “On Thursday, May 3, Stephen Colbert will be presented with the National Space Society’s 2012 Space Pioneer Award for Mass Media on his popular show, The Colbert Report, on the Comedy Central cable network. The award will be presented by Apollo XI Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, a member of the NSS Board of Governors and friend […]
Video: A Conversation with NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver “At the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs SpaceRef sat down with NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver for a short conversation.” Additional SpaceRef coverage of the National Space Symposium
LtCol Paul Damphousse USMC (Ret) Named Executive Director As NSS Enters Its 25th Year “LtCol Damphousse brings a wealth of space, operations, and legislative leadership experience to the position of Executive Director. Until his recent retirement from the U.S. Marine Corps following a 22-year career, he served as Chief of Advanced Concepts for the National Security Space Office (NSSO) and the DoD Executive Agent for Space in Washington, DC. In […]
The Star of the International Space Conference, PeTA “Some people just can’t take a little bit of constructive criticism. Over the weekend, a PETA supporter took to the stage at the National Space Society’s International Space Development Conference to interrupt a speech by NASA administrator Charles Bolden. Today, we received a phone call from Gary Barnhard, executive director of the National Space Society, threatening to sue us if we released […]
National Space Society seminar on “Space Policy for the 21 Century” 3 March 1995 Washington, D.C. Thank you Charles (as in Charlie Walker, the NSS President who made the introductions). I’m delighted that we’re having this conference, and I appreciate very much the invitation to come over and share this few minutes, and I’m particularly delighted because I think it begins to re-establish the right direction and the right tone […]