Interstellar Research Group
The Interstellar Research Group is about taking humanity to the stars. This is a dream that may not become a reality for another millennium. Why, then, should some of the most visionary and intelligent people in the world (!!) gather at a hotel once every two years to discuss the challenges and opportunities of interstellar travel? Because we must. We are compelled by our nature to think positively about the future of humanity in a beautiful yet extremely hostile universe. Life on Earth is wonderful and we should do what we can to protect and preserve it here, and yet…
…there is more. Among the billions of galaxies, with their billions of stars and billions of planets, we sense a call to explore. A call to disperse ourselves and settle a multitude of worlds in order to preserve and protect what must be very rare indeed: a bipedal species of intelligent tool users who dare to dream, to love, to create and to aspire for more than mere survival.
From Here to the Stars Episode 47: Pascal Lee
From Here to the Star Episode 46: Michael Nayak
From Here to the Stars Episode 45: Andreas Hein
From Here to the Stars: Special Episode - Scholarship Winner Sarah Lamm
From Here to the Stars Episode 44: Ken Wisian
From Here to the Stars Episode 43: Dr. Mark Schneegurt
From Here to the Stars Episode 42: Dr. Joseph Meany
From Here to the Stars Episode 11: Stephen Fleming
From Here To the Stars Episode 10: Nik Rao
From Here to the Stars Episode 41: Joel Mozer
Overview of Breakthrough Propulsion at TU Dresden | Prof. Martin Tajmar
Towards Optical Levitation of Centimeter-Scale Photonic Crystal LightSails | Ata Keskekler
Optimal Solar Sail Trajectories for Fast Deep Space Missions | Alesia Herasimenka
Pentagonal Photonic Crystal Mirrors: Scaling LightSails for Interstellar Acceleration | Lucas Norder
Deployment Strategies for 3D Interstellar Solar Sails | Julius Karlapp
From Interplanetary to Interstellar: The Future of Space Sails | Debdut Sengupta
Multiplex Imaging & Spectroscopy of Exoplanets - Dr. Slava Turyshev
From Here to the Stars Episode 40: Matthew Williams
From Here to the Stars Episode 39: James Dunstan
From Here to the Stars Episode 38: Dr. Martha Lenio
From Here to the Stars Special Episode: Interstellar Travel w/Les Johnson
From Here to the Stars Episode 37: Dr. Frank Tipler
From Here to the Stars Episode 36: David Giere
From Here to the Stars Episode 35: Dr. Pete Worden
From Here to the Stars Episode 34: AJ Link
Multi Aperture Telescopes at the Quantum Limit of Superresolution Imaging
The Spider Stellar Engine: A Fully-Steerable Extraterrestrial Design?
The Search for Life and Habitable Worlds at NASA - Past, Present, and Future
Infrastructure Development Leading to the First Long-Duration Interstellar Probe
Searching for Extrasolar Life - An Astrobiology Payload for Interstellar Missions