Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
27-4-1993 2:00 PM
End Date
27-4-1993 5:00 PM
Description
In order to realize interstellar civilizations in which the vast distances between star systems must be spanned in times much less than the lifetimes of the crew and the people remaining on the planets there must be a revolution in transportation technology. This paper surveys the general field of interstellar flight including concepts based on nuclear energy (both fission and fusion), antimatter, interstellar ramjets, beamed power, vacuum energy fluctuations and various forms of faster-than-light (FTL) travel.
Paper Session I-C - Interstellar Transportation- An Enabling Technology for Interstellar Civilizations
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
In order to realize interstellar civilizations in which the vast distances between star systems must be spanned in times much less than the lifetimes of the crew and the people remaining on the planets there must be a revolution in transportation technology. This paper surveys the general field of interstellar flight including concepts based on nuclear energy (both fission and fusion), antimatter, interstellar ramjets, beamed power, vacuum energy fluctuations and various forms of faster-than-light (FTL) travel.
Comments
Interstellar Initiatives
Session Chairman: Samuel T. Durrance, Center for Astrophysical Science, Johns Hopkins University
Session Organizer: Suzanne Hodge, Rockwell International Corp., Space Systems Division, Kennedy Space Center