Improbable Events
by Mike Combs, Copyright © 2006 I was eating lunch in my favorite restaurant when the word came that it was my responsibility to pluck a tumbling animal out of the sky. "Void Walkers" is easily the most popular restaurant here in Bernal Alpha (yep, that's right; I...
Space Settlement Computer Animations
Space Settlement Computer Animations This computer animation by Eric Bruneton is actually intended to depict the Rama object from the Arthur C. Clarke sf novel "Rendezvous with Rama", but I think it also doubles nicely as an illustration of what the inside of a...
Space Settlement and Dumb Wannabe Colonists
Subject: Dumb Wannabe Colonists From: GroundHog <Standing@Sea.Level> Date: 1997/02/13 Message-Id: <33034984.4413@Sea.Level> Newsgroups: sci.space.policy Lots of crock on this newsgroups from wannabe space colonists about how mankind in general, and...
Space Settlement and The Case For Space
Mike Combs, Copyright © 1999 This article also appeared in the Fall 1999 issue of Space Front, a publication of the Space Frontier Foundation. Sunlight Available 24x7 Convenient Access to Zero Gravity All Gravitational Options Available Living at the Top of a Well No...
Miranda and the Space Pirates
Or How Haven Rock Was Saved by Mike Combs, Copyright © 1997 To the real Miranda. May your life be as rich in adventure as your fictional counterpart. But most importantly, may your future be as unbounded in opportunity as hers. November 15th, 2096: Daddy's as mad as I...
Economy and Exploration: Why Deep Space is Vital to Advancing U.S. Leadership Speaker Forum
August 24, 2014; Updated Sept. 29, 2014. The Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) is proud to be an official supporting organization for the Deep Space Alliance's Economy and Exploration: Why Deep Space is Vital to Advancing U.S. Leadership Speaker Forum to be...
CSSS 2013 Public Space Meetings
The Chicago Society for Space Studies sponsored the following free public events during 2013 as a part of our mission to promote the public’s understanding of space exploration.
Chicago Society for Space Studies Member Lynne Zielinski Receives National Space Educator Award
Lynne F. Zielinski, National Space Society (NSS) officer and director has been selected by the National Space Club as the 2013 recipient of the National Space Educator Award.
Message to the (National Space Society) Membership from Paul Damphousse
Following is the text of the letter NSS Executive Director LtCol Paul Damphousse sent to the members of the NSS on Feb 18, 2013 regarding his resignation as NSS Executive Director. Dear Members of the National Space Society, Friday, February 15, marked my last day as...
Chicago Society for Space Studies 2012 Activities
During 2012, the Chicago Society for Space Studies has either sponsored or participated in the following activities. Date Activity Topic Venue 01/25/2012 Public education, Jim Kovac The Universe -- Galaxies, Nebulas, and the Dark Side West Chicago Public Library...