Anonymous Coward User ID: 1297814 Germany 01/07/2012 11:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project ABOUT 100 Year Starship The 100 Year Starship (100YSS) study is an effort seeded by DARPA to develop a viable and sustainable model for persistent, long-term, private-sector investment into the myriad of disciplines needed to make long-distance space travel practicable and feasible. The genesis of this study is to foster a rebirth of a sense of wonder among students, academia, industry, researchers and the general population to consider "why not" and to encourage them to tackle whole new classes of research and development related to all the issues surrounding long duration, long distance spaceflight.... [ link to www.100yss.org] With Nasa scaling back its manned space programs, the idea of a manned trip to the stars may sound audacious, but the 100 Year Starship (100YSS) study is an effort seeded by DARPA to develop a viable and sustainable model for persistent, long-term, private-sector investment into the myriad of disciplines needed to make long-distance space travel practicable and feasible. The goal is not to have the government fund the actual building of spacecraft destined for the stars, but rather to create a foundation that can last 100 years in order to help foster the research needed for interstellar travel... [ link to science.slashdot.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1184401 United States 01/07/2012 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project they are getting ready for an onslaught of new alien tech they've reversed engineered |
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User ID: 8396294 Germany 01/07/2012 11:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project visit me @ [ link to www.youtube.com] me @ [ link to twitter.com] “LIFE DOESN´T EXIST ANYWHERE BUT EARTH? THAT´S LIKE TAKING A CUP OF OCEAN WATER AND SAYING THERE AREN´T ANY WHALES IN THE OCEAN” - Neil deGrasse Tyson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 3331153 Russia 01/07/2012 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project DARPA already has a starship. I have seen it. The 'Off-World Navy' is a reality. They've been to Moon, Mars, and beyond. Ship is powered by antigravitics and nuclear tech. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8399009 United States 01/07/2012 11:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project DARPA already has a starship. I have seen it. The 'Off-World Navy' is a reality. They've been to Moon, Mars, and beyond. Ship is powered by antigravitics and nuclear tech.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3331153 Russia has those craft for a long time now. Russia, dear Russian, has over 300 of them. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8310798 China 01/07/2012 02:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project DARPA already has a starship. I have seen it. The 'Off-World Navy' is a reality. They've been to Moon, Mars, and beyond. Ship is powered by antigravitics and nuclear tech.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 3331153 sadly, they just want the sheepler to dumb-er. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 7544696 Hong Kong 01/07/2012 02:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project This is awesome.
It means we are already there militarily. Soon, it will be a reality to the peasants. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1297814 Germany 01/11/2012 03:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: DARPA Chooses Leader For 100-Year Starship Project 100 Year Starship Project Has a New LeaderMae Jemison, a former Space Shuttle astronaut, has been appointed the position by DARPA. She was also the first African-American woman to go into space, in 1992. Her own non-profit educational organization, the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence (in honor of her late mother) was chosen to work with DARPA, receiving a $500,000 contract... ReadMore: [ link to www.universetoday.com] |