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The Initiative for Interstellar Studies (I4IS) was originally founded in London in 2012 as a not-for-profit unincorporated organisation.〔“The Institute for Interstellar Studies”, Spaceflight (magazine), Editorial, Vol.54, No.12, p.445, December 2012, by David Baker〕 Its stated (objectives ) are education and research in to the challenges of Interstellar Travel. I4IS was incorporated in the UK in May 2014 as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee (Companies House number:09062458). Its original title of Institute for Interstellar Studies reflects the stated ambitions of the company. Several of its principals were involved in the 100 Year Starship project originated by NASA and DARPA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2011/2011/02/09_100-Year_Starship_Study_Strategic_Planning_Workshop_Held.aspx )〕 The Vision Statement of the I4IS is : “We aspire towards an optimistic future for humans on Earth and in space. Our bold vision is to be an organisation which is central to catalysing the conditions in society over the next century to enable robotic and human exploration of the frontier beyond our Solar System and to other stars, as part of a long-term enduring strategy and towards a sustainable space-based economy.”.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.i4is.org )〕 The first of a planned annual series of symposiums inspired by the I4IS took place on 29 May 2013 at the British Interplanetary Society. Titled The Philosophy of the Starship〔“The Philosophy of the Starship”, Spaceflight (magazine), Vol.55, No.8, pp.314-315, August 2013, by Stephen Ashworth and Kelvin F.Long〕 it included contributions on self-replicating Von Neumann probes, the Fermi Paradox, developments since the British Interplanetary Society Project Daedalus of 1975, interstellar discovery as an antidote to intellectual stagnation citing the views of John Locke and Francis Fukuyama, science fiction as a vehicle for discussion of the ethics and cultural impact of alien contact and geopolitical influence on deep space exploration. The I4IS sponsors the Alpha Centauri Award. The first Alpha Centauri Award was to Armen Papazian for his paper Money Mechanics For Space. at the first Starship Congress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/congress-announcement/ )〕 The I4IS sponsors postgraduate work at the International Space University and awarded its first prize〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.isunet.edu/news-and-media-center-2/1262-msc-student-receives-interstellar-project-prize/ )〕 to M.Sc. student Piotr Murzionak on 29 August 2013. The I4IS publishes a newsletter, Principium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://i4is.org/publications )〕 == Background == Although practical studies of interstellar travel date back as far as the JBIS red cover editions in the early 1950s and the BIS Daedalus Project in the 1970s, there has been a resurgence of interest in the 2010s and a number of initiatives and institutions have paid attention to the subject. These include the 100 Year Starship project of NASA and DARPA, the Tau Zero Foundation, the (Global Starship Alliance ), (Star Voyager ), and Icarus Interstellar. Kelvin F. Long, Initiative founder and author of ''Deep Space Propulsion: A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight'', said that DARPA's 100 Year Starship study and symposia "attempt to create a new industry that focuses on research and cultural-political transformations, so that the conditions can be seeded for a starflight capable society to be created." The Initiative, Icarus Interstellar, and the Tau Zero Foundation are sister organizations in launching related projects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Initiative for Interstellar Studies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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