100 Year Starship

The 100 Year Starship project (100YSS) was a one-year joint U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) effort "to take the first step in the next era of space exploration—a journey between the stars".^[1] The study explored development of a viable and sustainable model for persistent, long-term, private-sector investment into the myriad of disciplines needed to make interstellar space travel practicable and feasible.^[2] The goal was to examine what it would take — organizationally, technically, sociologically and ethically — to develop the ability to send humans to another star within 100 years.^[3]^[4]^[5] The study culminated in a $500,000 grant awarded to a consortium under the lead of the Dorothy Jemison Foundation for Excellence, which led to the creation of an independent organization inheriting the name 100 Year Starship from DARPA.^[6]^[7] Annual 100YSS symposia were organized from 2011 to 2015, and again in 2023.^[8]

^ "DARPA/NASA Seek to Inspire Multigenerational Research and Development (DARPA Press Release October 28, 2010)" (PDF). 100yss.org. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2022-12-12. DARPA also anticipates that the advancements achieved by such technologies will have substantial relevance to Department of Defense (DoD) mission areas including propulsion, energy storage, biology/life support, computing, structures, navigation, and others.
^ "DARPA Releases Request For Information for the 100 Year Starship Study". darpa.mil. 2011-05-05. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
^ Overbye, Dennis (August 18, 2011). "Offering Funds, U.S. Agency Dreams of Sending Humans to Stars". The New York Times.
^ Chang, Kenneth (October 17, 2011). "Not Such a Stretch to Reach for the Stars". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Belfiore, Michael (September 30, 2011). "To Infinity and Beyond at DARPA's 100-Year Starship Symposium". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Weinberger, Sharon (5 January 2012). "Former astronaut to lead starship effort". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
^ Gilster, Paul (6 January 2012). "100 Year Starship Winner Announced". Centauri Dreams. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "100 Year Starship Symposiums". Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[DARPA_100YSS_Oct_2010_Press_Release-1] "DARPA/NASA Seek to Inspire Multigenerational Research and Development (DARPA Press Release October 28, 2010)" (PDF). 100yss.org. 2011-07-09. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2022-12-12. DARPA also anticipates that the advancements achieved by such technologies will have substantial relevance to Department of Defense (DoD) mission areas including propulsion, energy storage, biology/life support, computing, structures, navigation, and others.

[100YSS_DARPA_RFI_May_2011-2] "DARPA Releases Request For Information for the 100 Year Starship Study". darpa.mil. 2011-05-05. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

[NYT-Aug-2011-3] Overbye, Dennis (August 18, 2011). "Offering Funds, U.S. Agency Dreams of Sending Humans to Stars". The New York Times.

[Chang2011-4] Chang, Kenneth (October 17, 2011). "Not Such a Stretch to Reach for the Stars". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[Belfiore_2011-5] Belfiore, Michael (September 30, 2011). "To Infinity and Beyond at DARPA's 100-Year Starship Symposium". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[BBC_2011-6] Weinberger, Sharon (5 January 2012). "Former astronaut to lead starship effort". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

[Gilster-7] Gilster, Paul (6 January 2012). "100 Year Starship Winner Announced". Centauri Dreams. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[100YSS_Symposium_list-8] "100 Year Starship Symposiums". Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

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