space faq interest groups publications archive name space groups last modified date space activist interest research groups and space publications groups 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 members local chapters around the country largest chapters are dc area members la members san francisco members seattle nw houston and orange county plus student chapters not a union but acts to represent aviation and space professionals engineers managers financial types nationwide holds over 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 technical committees and over 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 yr student memberships are less american institute of aeronautics and astronautics the aerospace center l enfant promenade sw washington dc amsat develops small satellites since the s 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 washington dc 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 a dual subscription subscriptions a newsletter only a journal only asera ltd po box ryde nsw australia 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 south lambeth road london sw sz england 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 massachusetts avenue th floor cambridge ma phone fax l society defunct founded by keith and carolyn henson in to advocate space colonization its major success was in preventing us participation in the un moon treaty in the late s merged with the national space institute in 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 yr 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 youth senior regular national space society membership department pennsylvania avenue s e washington dc 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 north catalina avenue pasadena ca membership 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 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 year senior associates year and up fund most ssi research space studies institute rosedale road po box princeton nj seds students for the exploration and development of space founded in 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 w massachusetts avenue cambridge ma 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 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 pennsylvania ave se ocean park blvd washington d c suite s santa monica ca 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 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 pennsylvania ave se washington dc 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 first year individual teacher college student hs jr high elementary founder life member united states space foundation po box colorado springs co 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 page newsletter contributing associate minimum of year but more money always welcome to support projects world space foundation post office box y south pasadena california publications aerospace daily mcgraw hill very good coverage of aerospace and space issues approx yr air space smithsonian bimonthly magazine box boulder co year us 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 wonders of the solar system everything you always wanted to know about military space programs etc final frontier publishing co po box mt morris il year us canada 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 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 rolling mill place suite springfield va 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 willamette st p o box eugene or 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 sewell nj year us canada year elsewhere space bi monthly magazine british aerospace trade journal very good year space calendar weekly newsletter space daily space fax daily newsletter short 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 seal beach ca all the following are published by phillips business information inc montrose road potomac mc aerospace financial news year defense daily very good coverage of space and defense issues year space business news bi weekly very good overview of space business activities year space exploration technology bi weekly year space station news bi weekly year undocumented groups 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 next faq how to become an astronaut
