Incorporated in the UK as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee
Purpose
To conduct activities or research relating to the challenges of achieving robotic and human interstellar flight.
Location
UK
Region served
World
Membership
Astronautical engineers Astrophysicists
Executive Director
Andreas M. Hein
Main organ
Principium
Website
www.i4is.org
Remarks
See also the i4is blog
The Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) is a UK-registered not-for-profit company, whose objectives are education and research into the challenges of Interstellar Travel.[1] It pioneered small-scale laser sail interstellar probes (Project Dragonfly) and missions to interstellar objects (Project Lyra). Several of its principals were involved in the 100 Year Starship winning team originated by NASA and DARPA.[2]
The US activities of i4is are coordinated by the Institute for Interstellar Studies, a not-for-profit registered in Tennessee, USA.
^“The Institute for Interstellar Studies”, Spaceflight (magazine), Editorial, Vol.54, No.12, p.445, December 2012, by David Baker
^"100 Year Starship". DARPA. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22.
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