The San Diego Space Society was founded in 2008 with the purpose of raising awareness and educating the general public to the benefits of human exploration of space and San Diego's role in space development, as well as to the idea of creating a spacefaring civilization within our lifetimes.
SD Space meets monthly at the Serra Mesa Branch Library and participates in space-related events around San Diego Country and Southern California. The general public is welcome to attend any meeting listed on this site.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in News on December 14, 2009
Wow. Just wow. This new trailer video for the 2010 International Space Development Conference is stunning:
Well done! ISDC 2010 will be in Chicago this May. Registration is only $90 at the moment, so it’s a great time to sign up.
Posted by Jeff Berkwits in Events, News on December 1, 2009
“SpaceUp” to be held in San Diego
San Diego, CA – It’s an exciting time for space exploration: SpaceX is launching the first low-cost rockets, Virgin Galactic is unveiling SpaceShipTwo next week, and Bigelow Aerospace is building private habitats in orbit. These forward-thinking companies—and dozens of others just like them—are all within a day’s drive of San Diego. Which is why the San Diego Space Society is today announcing SpaceUp, the world’s first space exploration unconference, to be held in late February/early March, 2010. More information is available at SpaceUp.org.
Posted by Chris Radcliff in News on November 24, 2009
The National Space Society is founding a new online, high-quality, peer-reviewed journal, the NSS Space Settlement Journal.
Journal-quality papers are solicited on all aspects of space settlement. Topics may include, but are not limited to, space settlement design, technology development, infrastructure, closed and semi-closed life support systems, extra-terrestrial mining, transportation, economics, social and legal aspects, historical analogues and activities leading to space settlement.
See the NSS website page about the NSS Space Settlement Journal for more information and how to submit papers.
[via the NSS Blog]
Posted by Chris Radcliff in News on November 23, 2009
Our friends over at the Wired GeekDad blog have started a new feature called This Week In Space:
Every week we’ll try to capture as many planned launch events, landing events, activities with different missions, and other activities as we can. We’ll never capture everything but hopefully we will consistently give our readers a resource for educational activities, events, and other information.
This week’s post, compiled by Brian McLaughlin, gives a taste of upcoming launches, Hubble observations, ISS status, and Mars Exploration Rover updates. It looks like a good (brief) reminder of some of the exciting things happening now in space. Since it’s GeekDad, too, we expect they will work in some kid-friendly activities in the future.
Posted by Jeff Berkwits in Events, News on October 21, 2009
Cover of Bradbury's new book "We'll Always Have Paris"
Stories like The Martian Chronicles have inspired countless science-fiction fans and real-life scientists, and Ray Bradbury, the author of that fabled tale and many other renowned stories (The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, etc.) will make a rare local appearance at the Escondido Public Library, 239 S. Kalmia St. on Thursday, November 19 at 5:30 p.m.
The celebrated writer will be signing his never-before-published book of 22 short stories, We’ll Always Have Paris, which will be available for purchase at the event.
While the program is free, and reservations are not required, early arrival is recommended to ensure parking and seating. For further information, contact the Escondido Public Library at 760.839.4601 or visit their website.
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