Jun 28, 2022 | Meetings and Events, Space News
The July CSSS meeting will feature CSSS Vice President Larry Boyle giving his presentation James Webb Space Telescope: First Science Images. The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Telescope, has begun to return science data. The first press...
Mar 29, 2022 | Meetings and Events, Space News
Astrophysicist, space technologist and science fiction author David Brin applauds the Apollo-wannabes for their eagerness to achieve rites of adulthood on the moon. But he argues that the USA does not need a footprint ‘bar-moonzvah’ on that dusty, useless...
Mar 28, 2022 | Meetings and Events, Space News
The Northern Illinois University (NIU) Law Review will host a space law symposium Friday April 8, 2022. The symposium “Sustainable Development in Space Law: Ethical and Economic Considerations of Settlement in Outer Space” is a hybrid program being both a...
Nov 26, 2021 | Meetings and Events, Space News
According to CSSS Vice President Larry Boyle, “It was a crowded year in space but most people didn’t notice because of all the COVID related news.” Indeed, 2021 was one of the most impactful years in space based on the breadth and scope of the many...
Mar 24, 2021 | Meetings and Events, Space News, Speakers Bureau
The next meeting of the Chicago Society for Space Studies will be Sunday April 18 at 1:00pm Central time and will be a Zoom webinar titled The Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey presentation by CSSS Speaker Larry Bartoszek will focus on the...
Feb 24, 2021 | Mars Missions, Meetings and Events, National Space Society, Space News, Speakers Bureau
CSSS President Jim Plaxco will be a speaker at the next National Space Society Space Forum. His topic will be How To Design A Martian Civilization Of One Million People: Experiences From The Mars City-State Design Competition which addresses his experiences as a...