Nathan Price started by giving an update of recent news and announcements. The first was that future meetings would be held at the Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) and the timing would be changed to 3PM-5PM on the first Saturday of each month. SpaceX DM-1 had just launched before the last…

Space – The Final Investment Frontier Historically, space investing has been the exclusive domain of governments and billionaires, which has drastically impeded the flow of needed capital for frontier-enabling companies. SpaceFund believes this lack of investor appetite for space startups boils down to two fundamental problems: lack of information and lack of liquidity. SpaceFund has…

At our February 2019 meeting, we had about 30 people attend. Anita Gale was our guest speaker. She spoke about space infrastructure and how the ideas that had been part of the “future history” of the Space Settlement Design Contest are now becoming reality. In recognition of her efforts and in thanks for coming and…

“Who can own the moon?”  “What happens if a rocket from another country damages your property?”  “Can you salvage an abandoned satellite?”  We had an opportunity to talk about these and other questions with Nathan Johnson, a space law attorney licensed in Washington, DC at our November 2018 NSS North Houston Space Society meeting.   Mr….

Join us at our next meeting of the NSS North Houston Space Society Saturday (March 2, 2019) at 6 PM at my house (9327 Swansea Bay Dr.; Spring, TX 77379).  (Everyone is welcomed, feel free to invite others.) Lunar Architectural Developments Returning to the moon has become a topic of renewed interest in the last year or so…

Come to the Rice Space Institute(RSI) Lecture this Thursday, January 31, 2019, 7-8PM at Rice ( 100 Herring Hall, Rice University6100 Main Street Houston, TX 77005 · Houston, TX) Then come to the NSS North Houston Space Society meeting on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 to discuss this and other space topics. FREE EVENT: As part of the Houston…

Join us at our next meeting of the NSS North Houston Space Society Saturday (February 2, 2019) at 6 PM at my house (9327 Swansea Bay Dr.; Spring, TX 77379).  (Everyone is welcomed, feel free to invite others.)Topic:  Space Settlement DesignAgenda:6:00 – Pizza/Open discussions6:20 – Space Settlement Design – Anita Gale6:50 – Discussion and Wrap Up Description: When…

The January 5, 2019 meeting of NSS North Houston Space Society was a big success.  Doug Hall gave us an overview of the Gateway.  Dr. Greg Stanley talked about orbits and the pros/cons of various of each for the Gateway.  Dr. Feng Hsu talked about the benefits of Space Solar Power (SSP) and the need…

Join us at our next meeting of the NSS North Houston Space Society Saturday (January 5, 2019) at 6 PM at my house (9327 Swansea Bay Dr.; Spring, TX 77379).  (Everyone is welcomed, feel free to invite others.) Topic:  NASA’s planned Gateway – Space Station around the moon Agenda: 6:00 – Pizza/Open discussions 6:20 – NASA’s Gateway –…

Join us our next meeting of the NSS North Houston Space Society  Saturday (December 1, 2018) at 6PM at my house (9327 Swansea Bay Dr.; Spring, TX 77379).  I’ll send out more details as we get closer and  we have several sites to keep you updated: Website:  http://www.nssnorthhoustonspacesociety.org/ MeetUp: https://www.meetup.com/Future-North-Houston-National-Space-Society-Chapter/ FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/ We will have a guest speaker in December:…