The Chicago Society for Space Studies hosted the following meetings during 2016. The meetings were all free and open to the public as a part of our organization’s efforts to educate the general public about the value of space exploration.
| Date: | Sunday, December 11, 2016 |
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| Time: | 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM |
| Location: | Rasmussen South Meeting Room (on the 2nd Floor), Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL Link to Google Maps for Schaumburg Library Location NOTE: The library opens at Noon on Sundays. |
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The annual CSSS year-end party includes light refreshments, free materials, and the 2016 Space Year in Review presentation given by CSSS Vice President Larry Boyle. The presentation, which starts at 1:00pm, will be followed by general discussion. The library opens at 12:00 noon and all are encouraged to arrive before the start of the presentation.
This program is free and open to the public. CSSS Year-end Business Meeting |
| Date: | Sunday, October 09, 2016 |
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| Time: | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM |
| Location: | Adult Classroom, Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL Link to Google Maps for Schaumburg Library Location NOTE: The library opens at Noon on Sundays. |
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This meeting of Chicago Society for Space Studies features the presentation The Impact of Space Policy on Space Settlement. This talk explores the impact today’s space policies have on the future of space settlement and how these policies can either advance or delay the day that permanent human space settlements become a reality. Also discussed will be the relevance of the Space Exploration, Development, and Settlement Act of 2016 (H.R. 4752, aka SEDS Act) and the proposed draft legislation for a gapless transition from ISS to private space stations in LEO. Our speaker will be CSSS President Jim Plaxco. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
This event is a registered World Space Week event. This program is free and open to the public. |
| Date: | Sunday, June 19, 2016 |
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| Time: | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM |
| Location: | Adult Classroom, Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL Link to Google Maps for Schaumburg Library Location NOTE: The library opens at Noon on Sundays. |
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Mankind has always dreamed of traveling to the stars and as technology advanced, dreams became studies for interstellar travel. However, none of these plans were ever carried-out because of three major obstacles – Technology, Energy, and Economics.
Prospects for Interstellar Travel looks at these issues and others that must be addressed and resolved before interstellar travel with humans can be seriously considered. The talk will look at starship design requirements, what a starship might look like, and how it might be propelled to relativistic velocities. This talk will also describe what is currently known about nearby Earth-like exoplanets and will provide an example of an expedition to a solar system 24 light years away. Prospects for Interstellar Travel is presented by CSSS’ special guest speaker David Raske. Dr. Raske holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1965 he worked on the NASA Apollo program and in 1967 he designed the Boiling Water Reactor pressure vessels for the Monticello MN and Vermont Yankee nuclear This program is free and open to the public. |
| Date: | Sunday, March 20, 2016 |
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| Time: | 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM |
| Location: | Adult Classroom, Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL Link to Google Maps for Schaumburg Library Location NOTE: The library opens at Noon on Sundays. |
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CSSS is honored to have as our special guest speaker David Hurst, entrepreneur and CEO and Founder of Orbital Transports. Mr. Hurst’s presentation Space is Open For Business: Business Opportunities on the High Frontier focuses on the recent growth in the commercial space industry and the rise of NewSpace companies as well as how new technologies and new ways of doing business in space are rapidly changing the marketscape and opening up new opportunities for space-related and space-scalable businesses. You don’t want to miss this presentation.
This program is free and open to the public. |