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SSI Update December 2011

Robin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:03:33 +0000

Within the next ten years, one or more of the new space companies will develop a mature space transportation system, and the cost of space transportation will drop by a factor of between 10 and 50. While the technology for space transportation has been advancing rapidly in the past few years, the supporting technologies of [...]

Space Studies Institute Update Winter 2011

admin — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:11:55 +0000

SSI held the 14th Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement at the NASA Ames Research Center on October 29-31, 2010. This marked a successful return of our influential meeting. Since the last conference, there has been huge progress in some technical areas and little in others. In particular, there has been excellent progress in [...]

Space Studies Institute Update July 2010

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:55:55 +0000

To Senior Associates and Members

The 14th Space Studies Institute Conference on Space Manufacturing and Space Settlement will be held at NASA Ames Conference Center on October 30 and 31, 2010. Thirty five years ago, the Ames Research Center was the site of the first large technical study of space settlement. We have made significant [...]

SSI Update December 2007

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:52:42 +0000

The fourteenth SSI Conference on Space Manufacturing will be held at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton on April 19 and 20, 2008. The session chairs are responsible for the papers in their sessions. The sessions and chairs are:

Conference Chair: Prof. John S. Lewis

Space Manufacturing, Chair: Prof. Niklas Jarvstrat

Space Resources, Chair: [...]

Winter 2005

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:22:49 +0000

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Update, The Newsletter of The High Frontier

The maiden flight of Falcon 1, the first privately produced semi-reusable orbital launch vehicle, has been delayed several times by minor problems. Nonetheless, SpaceX is proceeding with development of its fully reusable launcher, Falcon 9, and still expects its launch price per pound to [...]