A Space Policy Discussion with Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson
Elected to be an Illinois delegate to the Libertarian Party National Convention as a delegate supporting the Gary Johnson candidacy, I was presented with multiple opportunities to speak with former Governor Johnson over the course of the convention. Most of my discussions with him dealt with the commercial space aspects of national space policy.
CSSS 2015 Public Space Meetings
The Chicago Society for Space Studies sponsored and hosted the following free public events/meetings during 2015 as a part of our mission to promote the public’s understanding of space exploration.
Larry Bartoszek Joins Speakers Bureau
The Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) wishes to welcome Larry Bartoszek as the newest member of the CSSS Speakers Bureau. Larry Bartoszek, who spoke at a CSSS meeting last year and at the St. Louis Gateway to Space Conference last fall, for which CSSS was a...
Chicago Society for Space Studies Receives National Space Society Award of Special Merit For Speaker Programs
At the 2015 International Space Development Conference in Toronto, Canada, the Chicago Society for Space Studies was presented with the National Space Society’s Award of Special Merit For Speaker Programs. The award was presented during the NSS Governors Dinner.
SPACE Act Passes Congress With Little Help From Illinois
The SPACE (Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship) Act passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 21. CSSS congratulates the House of Representatives for passing this pro-space legislation.
Back to the Moon for Good – Google LUNAR XPRIZE Video
Still from Back to the Moon for Good The X-Prize Foundation has created an exciting full-dome planetarium show titled Back To the Moon for Good which X-Prize has made available online. The video runs 25 minutes and is narrated by actor Tim Allen. The centerpiece of...
CSSS 2014 Public Space Meetings
The Chicago Society for Space Studies sponsored and hosted the following free public events/meetings during 2014 as a part of our mission to promote the public’s understanding of space exploration.
Space Settlement Art Gallery
Illustration: A solar-powered mass-driver. This is a solar-powered mass-driver, an electromagnetic linear accelerator. It can be utilized as a reaction engine which can use literally anything for fuel (even ground-up chunks of Space Shuttle External Tanks). The...
Gateway to Space Conference 2014
The Chicago Society for Space Studies (CSSS) is proud to be an official sponsor of the Gateway to Space space development conference. Hosted by St. Louis Space Frontier, the conference will be held November 7-9, 2014 at the Crowne Plaza in St. Louis. CSSS members who...
Somewhere Else Entirely
by Mike Combs,Copyright © 2004 In the 1970's, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began a line of research which came to an unexpected conclusion. Alarmed by the then-prevalent talk about "limits to growth", he started looking at the prospects for the expansion of...