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Alyssa Shannon was on her morning commute from Oakland to Sacramento, where she worked as an advanced-practice nurse at the university hospital, when NASA called to tell her that she [...]

Byline: Jessica Wapner A team of European astronomers has a new proposal for exploring Mars: a helicopter drone. Efforts to survey the Martian landscape have delivered some pretty stunning results. [...]

The case is made for a far-reaching, non-partisan program to establish human colonies on the planet Mars. Benefits of such a program, besides the obvious expansion of human technology and knowledge, include the bolstering of international cooperation, among others.

Issues concerning healthcare as an impediment to public access to space as described by the National Space Society are examined. These issues include proposed passenger restrictions by the FAA and perceived healthcare risk of space activities.

The major technological barriers to reaching a space-faring civilization and approaches to breaching those barriers are described. They include the lack of affordable transportation to space, poor launch vehicle safety records and the lack of the life support technology.

An analysis of the 16 major Milestones to be passed in realizing the NSS vision of thriving communities beyond the Earth is presented.

A reprint of the National Space Society's Statement of Philosophy, as approved and adopted on December 4, 1999, is presented

The main barriers to human settlement of space are the poor safety record for space transportation, the substantial cost and the absence of the life support technology required for permanent human settlement.

Issues concerning the potential colonisation of space and the historical evidence of the New World's colonisation in 1622 by the Pilgrim fathers.

Byline: Michael Cooney NASA this week picked six companies to develop prototype deep space habitats that astronauts could somewhat comfortably live in on long space journeys - particularly to Mars. [...]

Villages on the moon, constructed through cooperation between astronauts and robotic systems on the lunar surface, could become a reality as early as 2030. The European Space Agency's vision is [...]

Scientists could change the temperature and atmosphere of Mars to make the planet habitable with technology being developed now. The planet has water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen and is similar in gravity and rotation rate to the Earth.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) along with orbiters from China, India and Japan will relay to earth detailed maps of the lunar surface. This will help planners at the Constellation program office and NASA to decide on an area for the U.S. human outpost to be setup by 2020.

BECOMING MARTIANS Our next great adventure in space Despite setbacks and tragedies--some of these dealing staggering blows to Americans and their sense of competence in space-faring--it is no longer an [...]

GOLDEN TICKET DEPT. At some point in the twenty-twenties, if all goes according to plan, four humans will blast off in a rocket, travel for seven months, and land on [...]

Issues concerning the benefits and dangers of using nanotechnology in space settlement are described. Critics of the technology are now seriously reconsidering it.

Issues concerning the promotion in schools of the vision of human settlement in space are presented. Suggestions for using the National Space Society's Adopt a School program are also described.

Issues concerning the lack of sovereignty as a barrier to space settlement is examined. Issues include the 1967 Outer Space Treaty between the Soviet Union and the United States and the Moon Treaty

Issues concerning economic barriers to space settlement as identified by the National Space Society are examined. Issues include lack of long-term government funding, lack of incentives for capital investment and liability insurance costs.

Issues concerning the lack of public interest as a barrier to space settlement as identified in the NSS Roadmap are described.

Issues concerning the 1996 U.S. National Space Policy which forbids government funding of human missions beyond the Earth orbit and any research and development leading to such future missions are examined.

The barriers to human settlement of space are discussed. They include the US National Space Policy of 1996, which prevents the government from funding any human mission beyond Earth orbit.

Mars has the greatest potential to support life among the planets in the solar system because of its proximity to Earth. Unlike other planets, Mars has a thick atmosphere which can protect humans, plants and animals from solar flare.

Can you direct me to reception, please? The Americans may still go to the moon before the Chinese WHEN America's space agency, NASA, announced its spending plans in February, some [...]