On Monday 20th November Dr Pete Worden visited the Initiative for Interstellar Studies Headquarters. Dr Worden is a former Brig.Gen USAF Retired and also former Director of NASA’s Ames Research Centre. He is currently the Executive Director of the Breakthrough Initiatives. Dr Worden met with members of the i4is team to discuss Project Starshot, an effort […]
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i4is announces Project Lyra: A mission to A/2017 U1, the interstellar asteroid!
i4is is happy to announce a new project: Project Lyra. Lyra is the star constellation from which the interstellar asteroid A/2017 U1 came from. According to current information, the object is smaller than 400m in diameter and is currently travelling at 44km/s with respect to the sun, much faster than any human-made object to date. What […]
Opening of New i4is Headquarters
On Sunday the 8th October 2017 the Initiative for Interstellar Studies officially opened the ‘interstellar space’ of its new HQ. The event was attended by 77 people, which included 18 children. Also in attendance was the President of the British Interplanetary Society Mark Hempsell, The Executive Secretary of the British Interplanetary Society Gill Norman and […]
Annual General Meeting of the I4IS
On the 7th October 2017 the Initiative for Interstellar Studies held its Annual General Meeting, chaired by Andreas Hein. Attended physically by ten members of the i4is team and with some remotely logging in, it allowed the team to test out its brand new 4,000 Lumens projector and 3 m wide projector screen, which all […]
i4is New Headquarters
We are pleased to report that the i4is has now moved into its own home, the “interstellar space” at the Mill, Charfield, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. The company took up residence early October after several months of preparation to occupy the space. The interstellar space features models of spacecraft, starships and space stations, as well […]
Principium 18
Issue 18 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative and Institute for Interstellar Studies is now published.
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM I4IS: New HQ
Dear Friends, Many of us have dreamed of the stars since we were little children, inspired by the tremendous achievements of Project Apollo and others. This vision has pushed us onwards with passion towards the fulfilment of a dream, the likes of which thrills all of our hearts and souls to the core. We […]
Foundations of Interstellar Studies: Post Workshop Wash-Up
This final post is a summary on how the workshop worked out and what the actual intentions and thinking behind it were. Over the last half a dozen years there has been many excellent conferences in the interstellar community. But upon examining these it was found there were several elements that were not necessarily conducive […]