Space Studies Institute 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 LA Space Salon presents Dr. Lee Valentine http://ssi.org/2012/04/la-space-salon-presents-dr-lee-valentine/ http://ssi.org/2012/04/la-space-salon-presents-dr-lee-valentine/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:19:22 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=856

Here’s a video from a recent talk by Lee Valentine at LA Space Salon, uploaded by our friends at spacevidcast on Mar 22, 2012

Spacevidcast epic subscribers can watch the full 1 hour 40 minute presentation here: http://ssi.org/2012/04/la-space-salon-presents-dr-lee-valentine/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 SM 14 Archives http://ssi.org/2010/11/sm-14-archives/ http://ssi.org/2010/11/sm-14-archives/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:49:06 +0000 admin http://ssi.org/?p=737 Presentations delivered at the conference are collected at Archives of Space Manufacturing 14.

Video archives at SSI-TV on USTREAM.

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