National Space Society

National Space Society
Founded1987; 37 years ago (1987)
TypeSpace advocacy, 501(c)(3) Education
Location
  • Kennedy Space Center, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Isaac Arthur (President, March 2023 – Present)
Websitenss.org
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The National Space Society (NSS) is an American international nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational and scientific organization specializing in space advocacy. It is a member of the Independent Charities of America and an annual participant in the Combined Federal Campaign. The society's vision is: "People living and working in thriving communities beyond the Earth, and the use of the vast resources of space for the dramatic betterment of humanity."[1]

The society supports human spaceflight and robotic spaceflight, by both public (e.g., NASA, Russian Federal Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and private sector (e.g., SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, etc.) organizations.

The major goals of the National Space Society are:

  • Defending Earth: Protecting humanity from dangerous space objects (asteroid impact avoidance).
  • Clean Energy from Space: Enabling everyone to benefit from space solar power.
  • Developing Space: Making the vast resources of space available to all.
  • Space Settlement: Moving civilization into space and making us an interplanetary species.
  1. ^ "NSS Statement of Philosophy". NSS.org. May 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-14.