Interstellar travel presents daunting challenges of cosmic distance and time, but humanity is also entering an era of accelerated technological advancements in which new prospects for achieving interstellar missions and journeys are emerging. Governments worldwide are also acknowledging officially the merit of investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), an unknown subset of which might relate to interstellar travel. This track welcomes presentations and panel discussions on interstellar missions, travel, physics, propulsion, strategies, interstellar asteroids and comets, and rational investigations of UAPs.
Interstellar
Session Co-Chairs Info
Isaac Arthur
President of the National Space Society
Isaac Arthur is the host and executive producer of Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur (SFIA) on YouTube, with nearly 700,000 subscribers and 400 episodes covering topics like Colonizing the Solar System, Interstellar Travel, the Fermi Paradox, Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Cybernetics, and other topics representing possible futures paths and challenges for humanity. Isaac has given guest lectures and presentations to the US Air Force Academy, MIT Lincoln Labs, the National Read More
Dr. Pascal Lee
Planetary Scientist, Co-founder and Chairman, Mars Institute
Dr. Pascal Lee is a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He is also professor of planetary sciences at Kepler Space University, and chief scientist for Ceres Robotics, a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) industry provider. He also serves as the National Space Society’s Vice-President for Planetary Development. Dr. Lee holds an M.E. in geology from the Read More