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We live in an age where we are now aware of countless thousands of planets out there in the galaxy, orbiting other stars. This is an exciting discovery which must surely urge us onwards to go discover what is truly out there. But getting there is no easy trick.

Mind uploading opens up exciting opportunities for interstellar flight.

Director Rob Swinney braved the Friday afternoon rush hour to drive deep in to the suburbs of Manchester, England to give a talk to the Philsoc of Manchester Grammer School (MGS), Withington High School and Manchester High School for Girls. This Philsoc had run in some guise for nearly 150 years where the sixth formers of originally MGS organised stimulating talks from the boys themselves and later from natural philosophers and scientists of some renown.

Back in May 2014 when members of the initiative for interstellar studies derived our articles of incorporation, we also spent some time putting together a founding principles document, which we are now releasing. This is meant to act as a guide and to remind the future generations of our original intentions. The text for the […]

It’s a real privilege to chat to such a visionary who has set so many things in motion from the Daedalus study in the 1970s to Skylon today. It was exciting to hear how tantalisingly close SABRE and Skylon are to fruition and how they will impact the activities of the Institute. Indeed, Alan and his work are undoubtedly one of the great inspirations behind the Initiative.