Nathan started the meeting with a bit of space news Our recent tour to Nanoracks Launches since our last meeting: https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-log/ Definitely worth watching the press conference afterwards: Next up in its lunar campaign, China is preparing to launch its Chang’e-5 sample-return mission late this year. Chang’e-5 will launch on the huge Long March 5 rocket and…
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February 1, 2020 – Monthly Meeting – Discussion “Why Explore Space”
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, February…
Summary of January 4, 2020 Meeting – Lunar Gateway – John Diiorio
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….
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…