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SpaceShipTwo. Sincerest condolences and heartfelt wishes
The Space Studies Institute wishes to express our deepest sympathy to the family and colleagues of today’s lost SpaceShipTwo pilot, and extend our best wishes for a speedy and...
Dr. Peter E. Glaser 1923-2014
The Space Studies Institute is deeply saddened by the passing of Dr. Peter Glaser on May 29th. Dr. Glaser's name was synonymous with the technologies of Satellite Solar Power, a...
From Citizen Space Exploration to Space Settlement
(Los Angeles, CA) – A new strategy for space development will be presented at the International Space Development Conference, which takes place at the Sheraton Gateway Los...
Exotic Propulsion Initiative
This blog post from 2013 is just the tip of the iceberg. See the SSI Programs page for the latest information on SSI's Exotic Propulsion Initiative Update 11/24/14:...
The High Frontier Kindle Edition: Over 4700 free downloads!
A warm Thank You to the many friends, Members, Associates and Senior Associates and to all of the just plain interested people who downloaded the Space Studies Institute Kindle...
The High Frontier is a Free Kindle ebook – 4 days only
At Space Access 2013 SSI President Gary Hudson announced the release of Gerard K. O'Neill's classic The High Frontier as an exclusive Amazon Kindle ebook. Today we have another...
The High Frontier is now on Kindle!
At the Space Studies Institute’s Rebooting Space Settlement In the 21st Century sessions at the Space Access Conference 2013 in Phoenix, Arizona, SSI President Gary Hudson has...
Space Manufacturing 14 Proceedings Now Online
SSI is pleased to announce the publication of papers from the 14th Space Manufacturing Conference. Thirteen papers from the conference at the NASA Ames Research Center are now...
David Valentine to Return in Summer to Organize Archives
Prof. David Valentine will be returning to SSI this summer to complete the organization of the institute's archives that he began last year. David is an associate professor of...
Senior Advisor Spotlight: John Mankins Launches Kickstarter Campaign for SPS Book
SSI Senior Adviser John C. Mankins has launched a KickStarter fund-raising campaign to fund a new high-quality, non-fiction book on space solar power. Mankins, an internationally...