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Chicago Society for Space Studies Speakers Bureau Welcomes Kent Nebergall
The Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) has just added a sixth member to its CSSS Speakers Bureau. Our new speaker is CSSS member Kent Nebergall who in 2004 won the Kepler Prize for Mars Mission Design from the Mars Society and was later part of Mars Desert...
Chicago Society for Space Studies Vice President Jim Plaxco Receives National Space Society 2007 Award for Excellence
Chicago Society for Space Studies Sponsors Vice President Jim Plaxco was presented with the National Space Society’s 2007 Award for Excellence at the International Space Development Conference’s Gala Banquet.
We Support Space Exploration Because
Following are statements made by members of the Chicago Society for Space Studies in response to a call to members asking why they support space exploration. If you are not a CSSS member, then visit our Membership page to find out how you can become a member of the...
Chicago Society for Space Studies Sponsors National Space Society Space Settlement Art Contest
In a unamious vote of the officers and directors of the Chicago Society for Space Studies, it was decided that CSSS will be a sponsor of the National Space Society Space Settlement Art Contest and Calendar. As a sponsor, CSSS is donating $200.00 towards the cash...
Review of the 2006 International Space Development Conference – Opening Day
Figure 1. One of three exhibit areas at the 2006 NSS ISDC The first International Space Development Conference (ISDC) I attended was in 1989. It was held here in Chicago and the Chicago Society for Space Studies was one of its principal cosponsors. Since then I've...
FermiLab Field Trip
In March, the CSSS field trip was to the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory located in Batavia. Fermilab’s mission is the goal of high-energy physics: to learn what the universe is made of and how it works. Fermilab builds and operates the facilities that high-energy physicists need to do forefront research, and develops new accelerator technology for the experiments of the future.