100 Year Starship.pdf

100 Year Starship

The 100 Year Starship ( 100YSS ) is a joint U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency a nd National

Aeronautics and Space Administration grant project to a private entity in order to work toward achieving interstellar

travel. [1] The aim of the project, announced in January 2012, is to work toward achieving interstellar travel within

the next 100 years.

Foundation

The 100 Year Starship study is the name of a one year project to assess the attributes of and lay the groundwork for

an organization that can carry forward the 100 Year Starship vision. [2] [3] Former NASA astronaut Mae Jemison

made the winning bid as leader of her own foundation, the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence. [4] The

Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence is partnered on the DARPA project with Icarus Interstellar, a non-profit

organisation that is dedicated to interstellar travel, [5] and the Foundation for Enterprise Development.

100 Year Starship Symposium

Prior to the solicitation for the foundation, the Hundred Year Starship project was initiated with a conference held in

Orlando, FL, from September 30 to October 2 2011, co-sponsored by DARPA and NASA, organized by DARPA ’ s

Tactical Technology Office director, David Neyland. [6] [7] The conference included presentations on the technology,

biology, physics, philosophy, sociology, and economics of interstellar flight. [8] [9] Selected papers from the

conference were published in the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society .

After naming the Jemison foundation as winner of the solicitation, a second symposium was held in 2012 in

Houston. Papers on a number of subjects related to interstellar flight and organization of the foundation were

presented, [2] among these a paper by Dr. Harold ("Sonny") White [10] of NASA's Johnson Space Center discussing an

attempt to measure the warping of space time using a Michelson interferometer [ 11] to investigate the possibility of

faster-than-light t ravel. [12]

Funding

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the primary funding agency together with the support

of NASA Ames Research Center . So far, NASA has contributed $100,000 while DARPA has contributed $1

million. [1]

References

[1] Offering Funds, U.S. Agency Dreams of Sending Humans to Stars (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2011/ 08/ 18/ science/ space/ 18starship.

html?pagewanted=all?), The New York Times, August 18 2011

[2] "100 Year Starship Study ™ 2012 Public Symposium" (http:/ / www. 100yss. org/ pdf/ 100YSSAgenda_0902. pdf). .

[3] "THE 100-YEAR STARSHIP STUDY" (http:/ / www. 100yss. org/ pdf/ 100YSS_January_Synopsis. pdf). .

[4] Sharon Weinberger (5 January 2012). "Former astronaut to lead starship effort" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/

science-environment-16427876). BBC News. . Retrieved 6 January 2012.

[5] Icarus Interstellar website (http:/ / www. icarusinterstellar. org)

[6] Kenneth Chang "Not Such a Stretch to Reach for the Stars" (http:/ / www. nytimes. com/ 2011/ 10/ 18/ science/ space/ 18starship. html), New

York Times October 17, 2011 (accessed Jan. 1, 2013)

[7] Michael Belfiore, "To Infinity and Beyond at DARPA ’ s 100-Year Starship Symposium" (http:/ / www. popularmechanics. com/ science/

space/ deep/ to-infinity-and-beyond-at-darpas-100-year-starship-symposium), Popular Mechanics, Sept 30 2011 (accessed Jan. 1, 2013)

[8] 100 Year Starship Study, 2011 Public Symposium Agenda (pdf) (http:/ / www. 100yss. org/ pdf/ 100YSSAgenda_0902. pdf) ( accessed Jan. 1,

2013)

[9] Michael Belfiore, 6 Wild Ideas from DARPA's Starship Conference (http:/ / www. popularmechanics. com/ science/ space/ deep/

6-wild-ideas-from-darpas-starship-conference) Popular Mechanics, (accessed Jan. 1, 2013)

[10] http:/ / www. icarusinterstellar. org/ team/ harold-white/

100 Year Starship

[11] see White – Juday warp-field interferometer a rticle

[12] http:/ / www. space. com/ 17628-warp-drive-possible-interstellar-spaceflight. html

External links

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Official website (http:/ / 100yss. org/ )

Article Sources and Contributors

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