Starship Century is a symposium coordinated by the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination in collaboration with Gregory and James Benford, presenting ideas from their anthology of science and science fiction of a 100 year project to create a starship.
The symposium was held at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California San Diego on May 21st and 22nd, 2013.
Limited edition paperback copies of Starship Century can be purchased here. Profits from the sale of the book will go toward interstellar research.
Below are the videos from May 21st in scheduled order.
Opening Remarks
Peter Schwartz – Starships and Fates of Humankind
Freeman Dyson – Noah’s Ark Eggs and Warm Blooded Plants
Robert Zubrin – On the Way to Starflight Economics of Interstellar Breakout
Neal Stephenson – Thinking Big
Patti Grace Smith – Developing Near Space
Geoffrey Landis – The Nuclear Rocket Workhorse of the Solar System
Chris Lewicki The Coming Interplanetary Economy
Panel – The Future of New Space, Moderated by Peter Schwartz
Starship Century is a symposium coordinated by the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination in collaboration with Gregory and James Benford, presenting ideas from their anthology of science and science fiction of a 100 year project to create a starship.
The symposium was held at the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at the University of California San Diego on May 21st and 22nd, 2013.
Limited edition paperback copies of Starship Century can be purchased here. Profits from the sale of the book will go toward interstellar research.
Below are the videos from May 21st in scheduled order.
Opening Remarks
Peter Schwartz – Starships and Fates of Humankind
Freeman Dyson – Noah’s Ark Eggs and Warm Blooded Plants
Robert Zubrin – On the Way to Starflight Economics of Interstellar Breakout
Neal Stephenson – Thinking Big
Patti Grace Smith – Developing Near Space
Geoffrey Landis – The Nuclear Rocket Workhorse of the Solar System
Chris Lewicki The Coming Interplanetary Economy
Panel – The Future of New Space, Moderated by Peter Schwartz
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