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Principium 29 now released!

28 May 2020

Issue 29 of Principium, the quarterly publication of the Initiative for Interstellar Studies is now published. The front cover image is a Bussard Ramjet – a new piece produced for i4is by our friend and esteemed artist Alex Storer (thelightdream.net).

Latest Issue: Issue 29 | May 2020

This issue features -

  • Cassidy Cobbs - Bioscientist
  • Rings around earth-like exoplanets as possible artificial megastructures
  • Freeman Dyson (1923-2020)
  • Current technology feasibility of self-replicating probes for interstellar exploration
  • Interstellar News
    • More Interstellar Objects and more controversy
    • Recent Interstellar Papers in JBIS
    • The Continuing Mysteries of 1/'Oumuamua - A personal view
    • The Philosophy of Starship Physics
    • Data Mining for SETI
    • SOLAR ONE – A Proposal for The First Manned Interstellar Spaceship
    • Virus cancellations and postponements
    • BIS Chief Executive appointed
    • 3rd Annual Interstellar Probe Exploration Workshop
    • KEEP AN EYE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
    • Acta Futura - Interstellar Edition
    • Centauri Dreams - the JHU-APL Interstellar Probe
    • Energy Limits to Gross Domestic Product on Earth
    • Limitless Space Institute
    • "Prospectives in Deep Space Infrastructures, Development, and Colonization"
    • SCORPION:a Design Study for a General Purpose Space Transportation System
    • Observational Constraints on the Great Filter
    • More Gleanings from TVIW-update
    • SunSpaceArt
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  • News Feature: IAC 2019 - the Interstellar Papers - Part 3
  • Note on use of Wikipedia
  • The Interstellar Ram Jet at 60
  • News Feature - From the Website - i4is.org
  • Book Review: Religions and Extraterrestrial Life
  • The FAST radio telescope works with Breakthrough Listen to push SETI forwards
  • Mariner 2 spacecraft model - part 2: The initial construction phase
  • NEXT ISSUE & Cover Images
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