Apr 17, 2023 | National Space Society, Space Blast from the Past
Image: Payload Specialist Byron Lichtenberg working in the Spacelab on the Space Shuttle STS-009 mission in 1983 [This interview focused on Byron Lichtenberg’s involvement with the National Space Society and originally appeared in the February-March 1995...
Mar 29, 2023 | Commercial Space, Space Economics
Serving as a judge in a space business plan competition this year allowed me to combine my interests in space development with my interests in space economics. Evaluating the space business plans that were submitted to the contest was quite educational given the...
Mar 19, 2023 | Commercial Space, Meetings and Events, Space Economics, Space News
The planned 2030 termination of ISS (International Space Station) operations and the establishment of the NASA Commercial LEO (Low Earth Orbit) Destinations program to support one or more commercial space stations to succeed ISS is a singular opportunity for a giant...
Mar 19, 2023 | Meetings and Events, Space News, Speakers Bureau
Image: Science fiction author David Brin speaking at the April 2022 meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies For Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS), the year 2022 featured a number of successes. One of these successes was being the recipient of the...
Oct 17, 2022 | Space News, Space Policy
On August 1 2022 Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) President Jim Plaxco met with Chris Dargis, Republican congressional candidate for the IL 8th congressional district. The purpose of the meeting was to inform and review with candidate Dargis the four 2022...
