100-Year Starship Study Blasts Off 1/11/11

NextNower Claudia Welss attended the inaugural meeting of the DARPA/NASA 100-Year Starship Study held January 11th and 12th at Cavallo Point in Sausalito, CA.  She joined a fascinating mixture of space-savvy individuals grappling with the technological and socio-political Whys, Whats and Hows of an ambitious yet achievable goal:  developing the business case for an enduring organization designed to incentivize breakthrough technologies over generations, enabling long-distance manned spaceflight within 100 years.  Follow early developments at http://100yearstarshipstudy.com/ DARPA/NASA SEEK TO INSPIRE MULTIGENERATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT October 28, 2010 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Throughout history technical challenges have inspired…