Project Icarus

[jeweledeyes]

Has anyone else been following Project Icarus? It's a 5-year study into the possibility of an unmanned interstellar mission. Everything about this project excites me. Discovery News has posted a series of articles that examine the different aspects of such a project, and I thought I'd share them here for anyone interested:

How would we get a spacecraft out of our solar system?
http://news.discovery.com/space/project-icarus-mission-analysis-110225.html

Construction and fuel options:
http://news.discovery.com/space/project-icarus-secondary-propulsion-overview-110509.html

Design considerations:
http://news.discovery.com/space/project-daedalus-interstellar-spacecraft-design-110308.html
http://news.discovery.com/space/project-daedalus-interstellar-spacecraft-design-110323.html

Enjoy!

Comments

[cesy]

I would love it if they actually managed this.