Feb 7, 2020 | Space Blast from the Past, Space History, Space News
Image: At the Mission Home Town Hall, Jeffrey Liss, member of NSS’s Board of advisors, testifies about the cumulative commercial value of spinoff technologies arising out of the space program. In the background, panelists (L-R): author and CSSS member Frederik...
Nov 30, 2006 | NASA, Space History
A glimpse of America’s cautious journey through the space race By Nicki Timian, Nov. 30, 2006 The lecture, Gemini: Stepping Stones to the Moon, given on Wednesday night at the Alder Planetarium and delivered by Jim Plaxco of the Chicago Society for Space...
Jun 2, 2006 | Space Conferences, Space History
By Jim Plaxco, Images copyright Jim Plaxco Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astronomer and Hayden Planetarium Director, discussing space exploration As a part of the 2006 International Space Development Conference, I had the opportunity to attend several banquets each featuring a...