|
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." The society supports manned space missions as well as unmanned space missions, by both the public (e.g., NASA, Russian Federal Space Agency and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and private sector (e.g., Ansari X Prize, Transformational Space, Scaled Composites, etc.) organizations. ==History== The society was established in the United States on March 28, 1987, by the merger of the National Space Institute, founded in 1974 by Dr. Wernher von Braun,〔Richard Godwin, ("The History of the National Space Society" ), ''Space.com'', November 16, 2005 (retrieved 10 February 2015)〕 and the L5 Society, founded in 1975 based on the concepts of Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill. The society has an elected volunteer Board of Directors and a Board of Governors. The chairman of the Board of Governors is former ABC-TV ''20/20'' host and news anchor Hugh Downs. The chairman of the Board of Directors is Kirby Ikin. The National Space Society was awarded the "Five-Star Best in America" award by the Independent Charities of America organization in 2005. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Space Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|