National Space Society Awards and Scholarships

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NSS Awards and Scholarships

Each year at the International Space Development Conferences, the National Space Society honors individuals and groups who have made significant contributions consistent with the Society's mission of creating a spacefaring civilization. These include the NSS Awards for Excellence for individual volunteer efforts in service to the Society, the Space Activist of the Year Award, the NSS Chapters Awards, and the following awards of special significance:

The Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Award, selected by vote of the NSS membership and given only in even-numbered years. The 2008 recipient was Burt Rutan, principal designer of SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo.
The NSS Wernher Von Braun Award, given only in odd-numbered years. The 2007 recipient was Steven W. Squyres, Principle Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (Spirit and Opportunity).
The Gerard K. O'Neill Memorial Award for Space Settlement Advocacy, given occasionally as warranted. The most recent award (2008) was given to John H. Marburger, science advisor to the President and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The Space Pioneer Awards, usually three of which are given each year in recognition of significant accomplishments in opening the space frontier.

Space Pioneer Award winners "The Caballeros"
"The Caballeros" receive the Space Pioneer Award in 2008 for their work on Space-Based Solar Power (a model of a solar power satellite is behind them). From left to right: Lt Col Peter Garretson, USAF, Lt Col Paul Damphousse, USMC, Col M. V. "Coyote" Smith, USAF, Col Mike Hornitschek, USAF.

2008 Awards

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Other scholarships and award activities NSS provides or assists with include:

NSS-ISU scholarship, worth up to $10,000, to the International Space University. The 2008 winners were Jaganath Sankaran and Mariel John.
EURISY international youth science fiction writing competition (NSS provided US support in 2005).
Permission to Dream from the Space Frontier Foundation is partly sponsored by NSS.

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