Space Studies Institute » Update http://ssi.org Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:59:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 SSI Update April 2012 – Introduction to G-Lab http://ssi.org/2012/04/ssi-update-april-2012-introduction-to-g-lab/ http://ssi.org/2012/04/ssi-update-april-2012-introduction-to-g-lab/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:00:51 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=866 Today, the Space Studies Institute is announcing a new Great Enterprise Initiative and two special Projects that we hope will hasten the day when permanent space settlement arrives, fulfilling Professor Gerard K. O’Neill’s vision of forty years ago.

The Great Enterprise Initiative is a road map outlining the technologies and capabilities [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2012/04/ssi-update-april-2012-introduction-to-g-lab/feed/ 0 SSI Update December 2011 http://ssi.org/2011/12/ssi-update-december-2011/ http://ssi.org/2011/12/ssi-update-december-2011/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:03:33 +0000 Robin http://ssi.org/?p=798 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 [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2011/12/ssi-update-december-2011/feed/ 3 Space Studies Institute Update Winter 2011 http://ssi.org/2011/03/ssi-update-winter-2011/ http://ssi.org/2011/03/ssi-update-winter-2011/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 22:11:55 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=768 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 [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2011/03/ssi-update-winter-2011/feed/ 2 Space Studies Institute Update July 2010 http://ssi.org/2010/08/updatejuly2010/ http://ssi.org/2010/08/updatejuly2010/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:55:55 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=517 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 [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2010/08/updatejuly2010/feed/ 0 SSI Update December 2007 http://ssi.org/2008/01/ssi-update-december-2007/ http://ssi.org/2008/01/ssi-update-december-2007/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:52:42 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=286 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: [...]]]> http://ssi.org/2008/01/ssi-update-december-2007/feed/ 0