We are proud to report that Project Lyra has been featured in Newsweek and other major media outlets, thanks to the recent paper “Project Lyra: A Mission to 1I/’Oumuamua without Solar Oberth Manoeuvre”.
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Project Lyra on Youtube!
Another i4is Youtube video, this time an introduction to Project Lyra. The ‘Oumuamua mystery is still not solved: What is ‘Oumuamua? The only way to find out is to fly there. But is that possible? This video answers this question. Error correction: The Earth travels at about 26 km/s with respect to other surrounding stars, […]
World Ships on Youtube!
i4is’ Andreas Hein has created a short Youtube video to introduce world ships, focusing on the 1984 Bond & Martin designs. Short introduction to “world ships”, possibly the largest interstellar vessels ever designed. They have been proposed by Alan Bond and Anthony Martin in 1984. They are hundreds of kilometres long, house a population the […]
Principium 35
Issue 35 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative and Institute for Interstellar Studies is now published.
Newsletter: Writers Needed!
We are looking for more volunteers to help write short pieces of content for i4is. We would like to expand our coverage of interstellar news across social media, the i4is website, as well as this newsletter.
Principium 34
Issue 34 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative and Institute for Interstellar Studies is now published.
Newsletter: Interstellar Studies Summer Course, and lots of new videos
Some places are still remaining on the new summer course delivered by i4is on behalf of Limitless Space Institute (LSI) from 26th–30th July 2021.
Talk Series: Humanity’s Power Basis for Starfaring
On 20th Jul 2021 at 8pm UTC, Robert Kennedy III presents a talk on the role of humanity’s power basis for starfaring. Members of i4is can attend this talk live!