Space Studies Institute » information http://ssi.org Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:17:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Registration is open for Space Manufacturing 14 http://ssi.org/2010/07/registration-is-open-for-space-manufacturing-14/ http://ssi.org/2010/07/registration-is-open-for-space-manufacturing-14/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:33:40 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=482 Space Manufacturing 14: Critical Technologies for Space Settlement will be held at NASA Ames Conference Center in Mountain View, CA, October 30 and 31, 2010.

Attendance will be limited to 200 participants, due to meeting room capacity. Registration and hotel reservation information are here.

]]> http://ssi.org/2010/07/registration-is-open-for-space-manufacturing-14/feed/ 0 Space Solar Power http://ssi.org/2007/10/space-solar-power/ http://ssi.org/2007/10/space-solar-power/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:40:27 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=280 Space solar power appears to offer the cleanest option for generating the large quantities of electricity needed by a progressive civilization. Among other options for power generation, none has such benign environmental impact or is so safe. Space solar power would forestall nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. It prevents the environmental damage of mining uranium [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2007/10/space-solar-power/feed/ 0 The World’s Energy Future [Still] Belongs in Space by Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill http://ssi.org/2007/04/the-worlds-energy-future-still-belongs-in-space-by-dr-gerard-k-oneill/ http://ssi.org/2007/04/the-worlds-energy-future-still-belongs-in-space-by-dr-gerard-k-oneill/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:23:59 +0000 admin http://spacestudiesinstitute.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/the-worlds-energy-future-still-belongs-in-space-by-dr-gerard-k-oneill/
Solar Power Satellites are a solution to both global energy needs and to the greenhouse gas problem. The primary obstacle is the enormous lift costs. A cheaper source of construction materials than Earth must be found.

Editor’s note: Published more than 15 years ago, this essay is even more true and urgent today, [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2007/04/the-worlds-energy-future-still-belongs-in-space-by-dr-gerard-k-oneill/feed/ 0 New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications http://ssi.org/2006/06/new-trends-in-astrodynamics-and-applications/ http://ssi.org/2006/06/new-trends-in-astrodynamics-and-applications/#comments Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:39:11 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=278 Space Studies Institute is cosponsoring New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications III, an International Conference at Princeton University, August 16, 17 and 18.

For obvious reasons SSI has a particular interest in new types of low energy trajectories, motion near LaGrange points, halo orbits, weak stability boundaries and (relatively) low thrust transfers. SSI has [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2006/06/new-trends-in-astrodynamics-and-applications/feed/ 0 CSNR Summer Fellowship http://ssi.org/2006/02/csnr-summer-fellowship/ http://ssi.org/2006/02/csnr-summer-fellowship/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:47:18 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=272 For undergraduates and graduate students
Note: the applications deadline is 15 March.

The Center for Space Nuclear Research is accepting applications for Summer Fellowships. The goal of the Summer Fellowship program is to provide participants an opportunity to learn and evaluate current issues involving nuclear power and propulsion technologies for space exploration. This year’s [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2006/02/csnr-summer-fellowship/feed/ 0