Content from our May 2023 Meeting
Author: Nathan Price
Mars Base, Hawaii: Inside the Bubble at HI-SEAS – Brian Ramos @ Barbara Bush Library on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 2PM
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time).
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:05 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:45 PM – Brian Ramos – “Mars Base, Hawaii: Inside the Bubble at HI-SEAS”
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
Mars Base, Hawaii: Inside the Bubble at HI-SEAS
The path to supporting human life on Mars is filled with challenges and concerns on how individuals will
perform psychologically on another planet.
In 2017, I and 5 others lived in isolation from the rest of the world with limited communication with the
outside world on the largest active volcano in Hawaii. For 8 months, we studied the world around us,
but the real goal was for researchers to study us. There were many questions to be answered:
What challenges do humans face in living and working with one another in isolation? How does that
change over time? What tools and preparation might help?
These are all questions researchers asked to help prepare humans for life on Mars. In this talk, you get
to hear from the science experiment itself, Brian Ramos, about his experience living in a Martian Analog.
Brian Ramos is a flight controller and astronaut instructor at the Johnson Space Center. He holds a
degree from the International Space University, and is a former analog astronaut of HI-SEAS Mission V.
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
“Anyone Can Touch the Stars” – Arjumand Alvi – Saturday, May 13, 2023 @ Barbara Bush Library
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time).
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:05 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:45 PM – Arjumand Alvi – “Anyone Can Touch the Stars”
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About Our Featured Speaker: Arjumand Alvi
Arjumand Alvi graduated from Colorado School of Mines with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and double minors in International Political Economy and Humanitarian Engineering. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2020, where her research focused on planetary resource classifications and space sustainability for lunar missions. Arjumand has followed her passion for space exploration to the aerospace industry and is currently an Engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Arjumand leads STEAM education and outreach efforts through her platform Anyone Can Touch the Stars, and she placed as a Top 10 finalist in the 2022 Miss International pageant. She is also the founder of the Space City STEAM Camp, and envisions expanding her STEAM platform globally.
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Pictures from Saturday, March 11, 2023 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library – Nova Spotlight Winners at the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH) & NERVA Update
Saturday, April 1, 2023 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time).
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:05 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:35 PM – “Red Scope, Blue Scope: application of 3D-printing to visual astronomy” – Jonathan Kissner
2:55 PM – Nerva – Doug Hall
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Saturday, March 11, 2023 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library – Nova Spotlight Winners at the Science and Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH) & NERVA Update
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time).
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:05 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:20 PM – Science and Engineering Fair of Houston (SEFH) – Nova Spotlight Awards Overview
2:30 PM – Presentations by Winning Teams
3:00 PM – NERVA Rocket Engine Update (Nuclear Propulsion) – Doug Hall
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Saturday, February 11, 2023 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library – From Mission Control to Mars
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time).
Agenda:
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:10 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:40 PM – Featured Speaker – Jennifer L. Turner – From Mission Control to Mars
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
From Mission Control to Mars – Jennifer L. Turner
Learn about NASA’s International Space Station Mission Control and how the agency is preparing for human exploration missions to the Moon and beyond to Mars.
Jennifer L. Turner earned her bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering from The Ohio State University and became full-time at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 2015, working with the Human Research Program since 2020.
Previously, she supported International Space Station Mission Control, working day-to-day operations and teaching new flight controllers and astronauts about systems onboard. Her work specialized in the space station data handling and communication systems, including coordination with counterparts at Marshall Space Flight Center on payload support.
She now works with HRP as their Communications Lead and as a Technical Integrator. In these roles, she interfaces with the Public Affairs Office and coordinates HRP’s public appearance and content and is also involved with HRP’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit efforts.
Outside of her technical work, Jennifer has always strived to promote and participate in outreach for minority students pursuing STEM. She has served in several leadership roles within NASA JSC’s Employee Resource Groups.
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Saturday, January 7, 2023 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 2PM (US Central Time). (This is the first Saturday in January. We normally meet on the second Saturday each month, but because of a library closure on the second Saturday in January, we have moved the meeting.)
Agenda:
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:10 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:40 PM – Featured Speaker – John Diiorio & Vito Manfredi – New Space Ventures for America’s Spaceports
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Saturday, December 10, 2022 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library – Our Journey to the Stars: A Personal View
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at 2PM (US Central Time).
Agenda:
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:10 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:40 PM – Featured Speaker: Andrew Parris – Our Journey to the Stars: A Personal View
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About our Featured Speaker: Andrew Paris
Andrew Parris is 3 x Emmy award winning Broadcast Television Engineer with a lifelong dream of living and working in space. He loves to share his enthusiasm about space and our collective future with everyone. His 13 years at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) operations allowed him to solidify his commitment to becoming Commercial Astronaut. He is currently involved at multiple levels of the aerospace industry educating the public as a Space Communicator as well as inspiring and mentoring fellow space positive people to help them achieve their goal of experiencing the Overview Effect. Andrew will be talking about moments of space history that he was fortune enough to experience firsthand with some behind the scenes stories and perspective while also looking to our future.
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/
Saturday, November 12, 2022 – Monthly North Houston Space Society Meeting – Barbara Bush Library – How to Move Fast in the Solar System
Join us for our Monthly NSS North Houston Space Society (http://NorthHoustonSpace.org) meeting. Connect with 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.
This will be a hybrid meeting. Come in person at Barbara Bush Library (6817 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, TX 77379) or join us online Via ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85216600533
The meeting will be on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 2PM (US Central Time).
Agenda:
2:00 PM – Opening Remarks – Nathan Price
2:10 PM – Recent Space News – Greg Stanley
2:40 PM – Featured Speaker: Christean Kapp – How to Move Fast in the Solar System
3:40 PM – Socializing
4:00 PM – End of Meeting
About our Featured Speaker: Chris Kapp
Chris got the space bug early in life with his father working for the US Air Force at Wright Patterson AFB. Chris studied aeronautical engineering at RWTH Aachen (Germany) and NIT Trondheim (Norway) where he finished with a master’s of science (Dipl.-Ing.) degree.
His career focused on Oil & Gas, Energy turbomachinery applications working for companies such as Siemens and Rolls-Royce. Recently, Chris worked as a professor of engineering at Lone Star College.
He has collaborated with the American Petroleum Institute, Dept. of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency on the technology, efficiency, and environmental performance of turbomachinery.
Chris is married and lives in Houston, TX. The youngest of three sons attended the NASA Hunch program in Cy-Woods High School, and went on to study physics and astronomy at Texas A&M. He is working for the aerospace industry in Colorado Springs, continuing the family aerospace tradition.
Learn more about Chris at https://space.nss.org/christean-kapp-nss-space-ambassador/
About the Meeting
Meetings are open to all age groups and interest levels. Come explore with us the potential that developing and exploring space has to better life here on earth and to open up new frontiers creating new perspectives that can help enrich the human experience.
The Vision of NSS 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.
The Mission of NSS is to promote social, economic, technological, and political change in order to expand civilization beyond Earth, to settle space and to use the resulting resources to build a hopeful and prosperous future for humanity. Accordingly, we support steps toward this goal, including human spaceflight, commercial space development, space exploration, space applications, space resource utilization, robotic precursors, defense against asteroids, relevant science, and space settlement oriented education.
Website: http://NorthHoustonSpace.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NssNorthHoustonSpaceSociety/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nss-north-houston-space-society/