We started the meeting by looking at where we are right now. What is the alignment of the planets. TheSkyLive.com shows the configuration of the solar system at this point in time. It is good for us to develop an intuitive sense of the solar system that we wish to go explore and expand to….
Author: Nathan Price
Summary of December 14, 2019 Meeting – Guest Speaker: Trent Martin – Intuitive Machines
Chapter president, Nathan Price, started by giving an update on space events since the last meeting. The pin is updated daily with the number of days remaining to achieve the goal of landing the first woman on the moon by December 31, 2024. He explained it at the recent briefing at Artemis day. But that…
Summary of November 2, 2019 Meeting – Tom Rowan – Apollo 11 Engineer and Yash Chandramouli – Matthew Isakowitz Fellow
We started the meeting with Tom Rowan. He had worked on the actuator for the radar disk on the Apollo lander. He also worked on the arm for the Mars Viking missions. And he has had a multi-decade career in engineering. Yash Chandramouli shared information about the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship program. He is a MS/PhD…
January 4, 2020 – Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker: John Diiorio – LaGrange and Lunar Halo Orbit Space Station Designs
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Come join others who are excited about exploring the cosmos, learning how to use the resources of space to improve human life, and who want to go and spread humanity to the rest of the universe. The meeting will be on Saturday, January…
December 14, 2019 – Monthly Meeting – Guest Speaker: Trent Martin from Intuitive Machines
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Come join others who are excited about exploring the cosmos, learning how to use the resources of space to improve human life, and who want to go and spread humanity to the rest of the universe. The meeting will be on Saturday, December…
Nov. 2, 2019 – Monthly Meeting – featuring Tom Rowan – Apollo 11 Engineer and Yash Chandramouli – Matthew Isakowitz Fellow
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Come join others who are excited about exploring the cosmos, learning how to use the resources of space to improve human life, and who want to go and spread humanity to the rest of the universe. Our November 2, 2018 meeting will be…
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Summary of October 5, 2019 Meeting
We had a wonderful October meeting at the Barbara Bush Library. Nathan Price, chapter founder and president, introduced himself: And shared the Vision of the National Space Society (NSS): He also shared recent space news. There were 7 launches since the last meeting (https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-log/): October 3, 2019 – NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Russian cosmonaut Alexey…
Next Meeting Saturday, October 5, 2019, 2 PM – Space Architecture with Anastasia Prosina
Join us at Barbara Bush Library Saturday, October 5, 2019 – 2PM. Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Come learn about Space Architecture, the NASA High School Aerospace Scholar’s program, and what it is like to experience weightlessness. Hear about the latest news in space and discuss with other interested people. Featured Speaker:…
Summary of September 7, 2019 Meeting Featured Speaker: Carl Carruthers, Jr. – Chief Scientist, Nanoracks LLC
The meeting started with chapter president, Nathan Price giving an overview of NSS and some recent space events. What is our future? If we were to come back in 100 years, 500 years, or even a thousand years, how far would we have gone. Would our future be only limited to the earth? Or would…