LIMITLESS SPACE INSTITUTE Limitless Space Institute Overview ...GO INCREDIBLY FAST... Vision Statement Advance human exploration beyond our solar system Mission Statement Inspire and educate the next generation to travel beyond our solar system and to support the research and development of enabling technologies Core Values Our core values are integrity, courage, and imagination Our Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Interstellar travel by the turn of the century single most important performance metric to enable human exploration of outer solar system and stars is ability to GO INCREDIBLY FAST ... ...GO INCREDIBLY FAST... ...this requires significant advances in power and propulsion systems. IXS Enterprise arriving at Proxima Centauri b… FISSION - NEP (Nuclear Electric Propulsion) - POWER: 2-50 MW (1-25 LOCOMOTIVES) - ENABLES HUMAN EXPLORATION OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM - ENABLES INTERSTELLAR PRECURSORS ~1000 AU - PHYSICS: Proven (Check) - ENGINEERING: Proven (Check) FUSION - FEP / DIRECT FUSION - POWER: 50-500 MW (25-250 LOCOMOTIVES) - ENABLES FASTER HUMAN EXPLORATION OF OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM - ENABLES SLOW INTERSTELLAR - PHYSICS: Proven (Check) - ENGINEERING: In Development (?) BREAKTHROUGH - SPACEDRIVES, WORMHOLES, SPACE WARPS - POWER: >500 MW (>250 LOCOMOTIVES) - ENABLES FAST INTERSTELLAR - PHYSICS: Theoretical/Unknown (?) - ENGINEERING: Unknown (?) Programs R&D for Interstellar Travel INTERNAL R&D: Eagleworks - DARPA DSO QUEST $1M grant to pursue R&D of dynamic vacuum model with power and propulsion applications - 6000 cavity test article EXTERNAL R&D: Interstellar Initiatives Grants (I²G) - LSI initiated I²G to support external R&D of advanced power and propulsion concepts - Funded Topics: Beamed Energy Propulsion, Relativistic Solar Sails, Fusion Propulsion, Spacedrives, Wormholes - I²G Partners: Texas A&M, Breakthrough Initiatives COLLABORATIVE R&D: - LSI partnering with TAMU Nuclear Department to develop 1-10 MWe reactor for earth use, and adaptable for space use University Partnerships - Partner with universities to jointly pursue mutual areas of interest from leading edge of power & propulsion related physics to enable human exploration of the stars. Student Programs - Interns, graduate students, post-docs - Summer courses (seminar to graduate course) - 2021 Summer Class: Interstellar Studies: The Human Exploration of the Far Solar System and on to the Stars - Week-long class for STEM students, July 26-30, 2021 - Eventbrite registration available at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/interstellar-studies-summer-course-tickets-153690569631?aff=ebdsoporgprofile - I4IS commissioned to develop class material and teach inaugural class Education Outreach - Externally inspire and educate next generation on interstellar R&D through speaking engagements "Infinite possibilities come to those who believe" Collaborators, Academic Institutions, and Industry Partners: - Texas A&M University - MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - UCSB (University of California, Santa Barbara) - Università degli Studi di Bergamo - Breakthrough Initiatives - University of Maryland - X-energy - UC Davis (University of California, Davis) - FIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies) - Helicity Space - Limitless Space Institute - Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) - Caltech - AWS (Amazon Web Services) - Technion – Israel Institute of Technology - UnLAB - TVIW (Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop) - Axiom Space - UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) - UAH Propulsion Research Center - Intuitive Machines - Izentis LLC - TU Delft - The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) - Interstellar Research Centre (MMC) - Stellar Engines Ltd. Godspeed! GODSPEED!