| Archive-name: space/groups |
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| AIA -- Aerospace Industry Association. Professional group, with primary |
| membership of major aerospace firms. Headquartered in the DC area. |
| Acts as the "voice of the aerospace industry" -- and it's opinions |
| are usually backed up by reams of analyses and the reputations of |
| the firms in AIA. |
| [address needed] |
| AIAA -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. |
| Professional association, with somewhere about 30,000-40,000 |
| members. 65 local chapters around the country -- largest chapters |
| are DC area (3000 members), LA (2100 members), San Francisco (2000 |
| members), Seattle/NW (1500), Houston (1200) and Orange County |
| (1200), plus student chapters. Not a union, but acts to represent |
| aviation and space professionals (engineers, managers, financial |
| types) nationwide. Holds over 30 conferences a year on space and |
| aviation topics publishes technical Journals (Aerospace Journal, |
| Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, etc.), technical reference books |
| and is _THE_ source on current aerospace state of the art through |
| their published papers and proceedings. Also offers continuing |
| education classes on aerospace design. Has over 60 technical |
| committees, and over 30 committees for industry standards. AIAA acts |
| as a professional society -- offers a centralized resume/jobs |
| function, provides classes on job search, offers low-cost health and |
| life insurance, and lobbies for appropriate legislation (AIAA was |
| one of the major organizations pushing for IRAs - Individual |
| Retirement Accounts). Very active public policy arm -- works |
| directly with the media, congress and government agencies as a |
| legislative liaison and clearinghouse for inquiries about aerospace |
| technology technical issues. Reasonably non-partisan, in that they |
| represent the industry as a whole, and not a single company, |
| organization, or viewpoint. |
| Membership $70/yr (student memberships are less). |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| The Aerospace Center |
| 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW |
| Washington, DC 20077-0820 |
| AMSAT - develops small satellites (since the 1960s) for a variety of |
| uses by amateur radio enthusiasts. Has various publications, |
| supplies QuickTrak satellite tracking software for PC/Mac/Amiga etc. |
| Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) |
| P.O. Box 27 |
| Washington, DC 20044 |
| ASERA - Australian Space Engineering and Research Association. An |
| Australian non-profit organisation to coordinate, promote, and |
| conduct space R&D projects in Australia, involving both Australian |
| and international (primarily university) collaborators. Activities |
| include the development of sounding rockets, small satellites |
| (especially microsatellites), high-altitude research balloons, and |
| appropriate payloads. Provides student projects at all levels, and |
| is open to any person or organisation interested in participating. |
| Publishes a monthly newsletter and a quarterly technical journal. |
| Membership $A100 (dual subscription) |
| Subscriptions $A25 (newsletter only) $A50 (journal only) |
| PO Box 184 |
| Ryde, NSW, Australia, 2112 |
| email: lindley@syd.dit.csiro.au |
| BIS - British Interplanetary Society. Probably the oldest pro-space |
| group, BIS publishes two excellent journals: _Spaceflight_, covering |
| current space activities, and the _Journal of the BIS_, containing |
| technical papers on space activities from near-term space probes to |
| interstellar missions. BIS has published a design study for an |
| interstellar probe called _Daedalus_. |
| British Interplanetary Society |
| 27/29 South Lambeth Road |
| London SW8 1SZ |
| No dues information available at present. |
| ISU - International Space University. ISU is a non-profit international |
| graduate-level educational institution dedicated to promoting the |
| peaceful exploration and development of space through multi-cultural |
| and multi-disciplinary space education and research. For further |
| information on ISU's summer session program or Permanent Campus |
| activities please send messages to 'information@isu.isunet.edu' or |
| contact the ISU Executive Offices at: |
| International Space University |
| 955 Massachusetts Avenue 7th Floor |
| Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| (617)-354-1987 (phone) |
| (617)-354-7666 (fax) |
| L-5 Society (defunct). Founded by Keith and Carolyn Henson in 1975 to |
| advocate space colonization. Its major success was in preventing US |
| participation in the UN "Moon Treaty" in the late 1970s. Merged with |
| the National Space Institute in 1987, forming the National Space |
| Society. |
| NSC - National Space Club. Open for general membership, but not well |
| known at all. Primarily comprised of professionals in aerospace |
| industry. Acts as information conduit and social gathering group. |
| Active in DC, with a chapter in LA. Monthly meetings with invited |
| speakers who are "heavy hitters" in the field. Annual "Outlook on |
| Space" conference is _the_ definitive source of data on government |
| annual planning for space programs. Cheap membership (approx |
| [address needed] |
| NSS - the National Space Society. NSS is a pro-space group distinguished |
| by its network of local chapters. Supports a general agenda of space |
| development and man-in-space, including the NASA space station. |
| Publishes _Ad Astra_, a monthly glossy magazine, and runs Shuttle |
| launch tours and Space Hotline telephone services. A major sponsor |
| of the annual space development conference. Associated with |
| Spacecause and Spacepac, political lobbying organizations. |
| Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular). |
| National Space Society |
| Membership Department |
| 922 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E. |
| Washington, DC 20003-2140 |
| Planetary Society - founded by Carl Sagan. The largest space advocacy |
| group. Publishes _Planetary Report_, a monthly glossy, and has |
| supported SETI hardware development financially. Agenda is primarily |
| support of space science, recently amended to include an |
| international manned mission to Mars. |
| The Planetary Society |
| 65 North Catalina Avenue |
| Pasadena, CA 91106 |
| Membership $35/year. |
| SSI - the Space Studies Institute, founded by Dr. Gerard O'Neill. |
| Physicist Freeman Dyson took over the Presidency of SSI after |
| O'Neill's death in 1992. Publishes _SSI Update_, a bimonthly |
| newsletter describing work-in-progress. Conducts a research program |
| including mass-drivers, lunar mining processes and simulants, |
| composites from lunar materials, solar power satellites. Runs the |
| biennial Princeton Conference on Space Manufacturing. |
| Membership $25/year. Senior Associates ($100/year and up) fund most |
| SSI research. |
| Space Studies Institute |
| 258 Rosedale Road |
| PO Box 82 |
| Princeton, NJ 08540 |
| SEDS - Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. Founded in |
| 1980 at MIT and Princeton. SEDS is a chapter-based pro-space |
| organization at high schools and universities around the world. |
| Entirely student run. Each chapter is independent and coordinates |
| its own local activities. Nationally, SEDS runs a scholarship |
| competition, design contests, and holds an annual international |
| conference and meeting in late summer. |
| Students for the Exploration and Development of Space |
| MIT Room W20-445 |
| 77 Massachusetts Avenue |
| Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| email: odyssey@athena.mit.edu |
| Dues determined by local chapter. |
| SPACECAUSE - A political lobbying organization and part of the NSS |
| Family of Organizations. Publishes a bi-monthly newsletter, |
| Spacecause News. Annual dues is $25. Members also receive a discount |
| on _The Space Activist's Handbook_. Activities to support pro-space |
| legislation include meeting with political leaders and interacting |
| with legislative staff. Spacecause primarily operates in the |
| legislative process. |
| National Office West Coast Office |
| Spacecause Spacecause |
| 922 Pennsylvania Ave. SE 3435 Ocean Park Blvd. |
| Washington, D.C. 20003 Suite 201-S |
| (202)-543-1900 Santa Monica, CA 90405 |
| SPACEPAC - A political action committee and part of the NSS Family of |
| Organizations. Spacepac researches issues, policies, and candidates. |
| Each year, updates _The Space Activist's Handbook_. Current Handbook |
| price is $25. While Spacepac does not have a membership, it does |
| have regional contacts to coordinate local activity. Spacepac |
| primarily operates in the election process, contributing money and |
| volunteers to pro-space candidates. |
| Spacepac |
| 922 Pennsylvania Ave. SE |
| Washington, DC 20003 |
| UNITED STATES SPACE FOUNDATION - a public, non-profit organization |
| supported by member donations and dedicated to promoting |
| international education, understanding and support of space. The |
| group hosts an annual conference for teachers and others interested |
| in education. Other projects include developing lesson plans that |
| use space to teach other basic skills such as reading. Publishes |
| "Spacewatch," a monthly B&W glossy magazine of USSF events and |
| general space news. Annual dues: |
| Charter $50 ($100 first year) |
| Individual $35 |
| Teacher $29 |
| College student $20 |
| HS/Jr. High $10 |
| Elementary $5 |
| Founder & $1000+ |
| Life Member |
| United States Space Foundation |
| PO Box 1838 |
| Colorado Springs, CO 80901 |
| WORLD SPACE FOUNDATION - has been designing and building a solar-sail |
| spacecraft for longer than any similar group; many JPL employees lend |
| their talents to this project. WSF also provides partial funding for the |
| Palomar Sky Survey, an extremely successful search for near-Earth |
| asteroids. Publishes *Foundation News* and *Foundation Astronautics |
| Notebook*, each a quarterly 4-8 page newsletter. Contributing Associate, |
| minimum of $15/year (but more money always welcome to support projects). |
| World Space Foundation |
| Post Office Box Y |
| South Pasadena, California 91301 |
| Aerospace Daily (McGraw-Hill) |
| Very good coverage of aerospace and space issues. Approx. $1400/yr. |
| Air & Space / Smithsonian (bimonthly magazine) |
| Box 53261 |
| Boulder, CO 80332-3261 |
| $18/year US, $24/year international |
| ESA - The European Space Agency publishes a variety of periodicals, |
| generally available free of charge. A document describing them in |
| more detail is in the Ames SPACE archive in |
| pub/SPACE/FAQ/ESAPublications. |
| Final Frontier (mass-market bimonthly magazine) - history, book reviews, |
| general-interest articles (e.g. "The 7 Wonders of the Solar System", |
| "Everything you always wanted to know about military space |
| programs", etc.) |
| Final Frontier Publishing Co. |
| PO Box 534 |
| Mt. Morris, IL 61054-7852 |
| $14.95/year US, $19.95 Canada, $23.95 elsewhere |
| Space News (weekly magazine) - covers US civil and military space |
| programs. Said to have good political and business but spotty |
| technical coverage. |
| Space News |
| Springfield VA 22159-0500 |
| $75/year, may have discounts for NSS/SSI members |
| Journal of the Astronautical Sciences and Space Times - publications of |
| the American Astronautical Society. No details. |
| AAS Business Office |
| 6352 Rolling Mill Place, Suite #102 |
| Springfield, VA 22152 |
| GPS World (semi-monthly) - reports on current and new uses of GPS, news |
| and analysis of the system and policies affecting it, and technical |
| and product issues shaping GPS applications. |
| GPS World |
| 859 Willamette St. |
| P.O. Box 10460 |
| Eugene, OR 97440-2460 |
| Free to qualified individuals; write for free sample copy. |
| Innovation (Space Technology) -- Free. Published by the NASA Office of |
| Advanced Concepts and Technology. A revised version of the NASA |
| Office of Commercial Programs newsletter. |
| Planetary Encounter - in-depth technical coverage of planetary missions, |
| with diagrams, lists of experiments, interviews with people directly |
| involved. |
| World Spaceflight News - in-depth technical coverage of near-Earth |
| spaceflight. Mostly covers the shuttle: payload manifests, activity |
| schedules, and post-mission assessment reports for every mission. |
| Box 98 |
| Sewell, NJ 08080 |
| $30/year US/Canada |
| $45/year elsewhere |
| Space (bi-monthly magazine) |
| British aerospace trade journal. Very good. $75/year. |
| Space Calendar (weekly newsletter) |
| Space Daily/Space Fax Daily (newsletter) |
| Short (1 paragraph) news notes. Available online for a fee |
| (unknown). |
| Space Technology Investor/Commercial Space News -- irregular Internet |
| column on aspects of commercial space business. Free. Also limited |
| fax and paper edition. |
| P.O. Box 2452 |
| Seal Beach, CA 90740-1452. |
| All the following are published by: |
| Phillips Business Information, Inc. |
| 7811 Montrose Road |
| Potomac, MC 20854 |
| Aerospace Financial News - $595/year. |
| Defense Daily - Very good coverage of space and defense issues. |
| $1395/year. |
| Space Business News (bi-weekly) - Very good overview of space |
| business activities. $497/year. |
| Space Exploration Technology (bi-weekly) - $495/year. |
| Space Station News (bi-weekly) - $497/year. |
| Anyone who would care to write up descriptions of the following |
| groups (or others not mentioned) for inclusion in the answer is |
| encouraged to do so. |
| AAS - American Astronautical Society |
| Other groups not mentioned above |
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