Key Interstellar Related Books
Gilster, P., Centauri Dreams: Imagining & Planning Interstellar Exploration, Copernicus Books, 2004.
Long, K.F., Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight, Springer, 2012.
Long, K. F., and P. Galea (editors), Project Daedalus: Demonstrating the Engineering Feasibility of Interplanetary Travel, A British Interplanetary Society Publication, ISBN 978-0-9506597-0-1 90000, April 2011.
Mallove, E., and G. Matloff, The Starflight Handbook: A Pioneer’s Guide to Interstellar Travel, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1989.
Matloff, G.L., Deep Space Probes, to the Outer Solar System and Beyond, second edition, Springer Praxis, ISBN 3-540-24772-6, 2005.
Millis, M.G., and E.W. Davis (editors), Frontiers of Propulsion Science, Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, Volume 227, The American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, ISBN 978-1-56347-956-4, 2009.
Nicolson, I., The Road to the Stars, Book Club Associates, 1978.
Vulpetti, G., L. Johnson and G.L. Matloff, Solar Sails, A Novel Approach to Interplanetary Travel, Praxis Publishing Ltd, ISBN 978-0-387-34404-1, 2008.
Key Interstellar Related Websites
The British Interplanetary Society
Breakthrough Initiatives
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org
Centauri Dreams news blog
https://www.centauri-dreams.org
Icarus Interstellar
http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/
The Tau Zero Foundation
The Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop
Key Interstellar Related Papers
Bond, A., and A.R. Martin, “Project Daedalus: The Mission Profile”, JBIS, 29, 2, pp.101-112, Feb. 1976.
Bond, A., et al., “Project Daedalus: The Propulsion System Part 2: Engineering Design Considerations and Calculations”, Final Study Report, JBIS Special Supplement, pp.S63-S82, 1978.
Bond, A., and A.R. Martin, “World Ships – An Assessment of the Engineering Feasibility”, JBIS, 37, pp.254-266, June 1984.
Bussard, R.W., “Galactic Matter and Interstellar Flight”, Astronautica Acta, 6, pp.170-194, Fasc.4, 1960.
Crawford, I.A., “Project Icarus: A Review of Local Interstellar Medium Properties of Relevance for Space Missions to the Nearest Stars”, Acta Astronautica, 68, 7/8, pp.691-699, April/May 2011.
Dyson, F., “Interstellar Transport”, Physics Today, 21, 10, pp. 41-45, Oct. 1968.
Forward, R.L., “Starwisp: An Ultra-Light Interstellar Probe”, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 22, 3, pp.345-350, May/June 1985.
Forward, R.L., “A Programme for Interstellar Exploration”, JBIS, 29, 10, pp.611-632, Oct. 1976.
Forward, R.L., “Roundtrip Interstellar Travel Using Laser-Pushed Lightsails”, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, 21, 2, pp.187-195, March/April 1984.
Long, K.F., “Interstellar Institute for Aerospace Research: A Concept Proposal”, JBIS, 64, 5, pp.166-170, May 2011.
Martin, A.R., “World Ships – Concept, Cause, Cost, Construction and Colonisation”, JBIS, 37, pp.243-253, June 1984.
Martin, A.R., and A. Bond, “Nuclear Pulse Propulsion: A Historical Review of an Advanced Propulsion Concept”, JBIS, 32, 8, pp.283-310, Aug. 1979.
Martin, A.R., et al., “Project Daedalus: The Propulsion System, Part 1: Theoretical Considerations and Calculations”, Final Study Report, JBIS Special Supplement, pp.S44-S62, 1978.
Shepherd, L., “Interstellar Flight”, JBIS, 11, pp.149-167, 1952. This is the first known technical paper on interstellar spaceflight.
Spencer, D.F., and L.D. Jaffe, “Feasibility of Interstellar Travel”, Astronautica Acta, 9, pp.49-58, 1963.