We are very pleased to be back to the International Space University (ISU) for this year’s MSS21 elective on Interstellar World Ships with several i4is researchers such as Andreas Hein, Rob Swinney, John Davies, Dan Fries, Olivia Borgue. The 2-week elective will provide the students with in-depth knowledge on world ships and they will work […]
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i4is Interstellar Object Article makes Headlines
i4is, in collaboration with researchers from the Florida Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Paris Observatory published a paper, in which they estimate that about 7 interstellar objects are entering the solar system per year. The article has been featured in numerous media outlets: Science Alert, Phys.org, Astrobites, Universe Today, Mashable India, Republic World, Fred Zone. […]
i4is Director presents prospects of space resources and settlements to German Federal Ministry of the Environment
i4is Executive Director Andreas Hein has been invited to a discussion on space resource utilization with the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) on the 25th March 2021. He presented the prospects of space resource utilization and space settlements. The results of the discussion will inform future policy-making of […]
Newsletter: Debate — The Case for Interstellar
In this member newsletter we announce the next item in our series of online talks: a debate on the case for interstellar, by Patrick Mahon and John Davies.
Talk Series: Debate — The Case for Interstellar
On Tuesday 2nd March at 8PM, as the last item of the current series, we are arranging, for i4is members only, not a talk but a structured debate between the for and the against the case for interstellar.
Principium 32
Issue 32 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative and Institute for Interstellar Studies is now published.
Newsletter: Advanced propulsion concepts and how to develop them
We have a number of upcoming talks in our 2021 series of online talks. This week Olivia Borgue will be talking about advanced propulsion techniques and the technology required to make them possible.
Talk Series: Assuring Humanity’s Interstellar Mission Capability for Posterity, or, Learning from Bronze Age Mistakes
On 16th Feb 2021 at 8pm UTC, Robert G. Kennedy III from the Initiative for Interstellar Studies presents a talk on interstellar mission capability. Members of i4is can attend this talk live!