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Sir Arthur Clarke Awards
From Imagination to Reality 2
Based on the success of the first such event last year – From Imagination To Reality 2, examines the commercialisation of space, borrowing it’s alternative title from a quote by that most famous of visionaries, ….
Latest News And Information From the British Interplanetary Society
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The Lonely Universe, Part Two: Is There Anybody There?
One solution suggested for the Fermi Paradox (if the universe is teeming with life, where is everyone?) is that any sufficiently advanced alien civilization would live in a Dyson Sphere.
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The Odyssey Book Review: “In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination” by Margaret Atwood
Controversy surrounds Margaret Atwood’s opinions on science fiction, particularly her views on whether three of her own novels can be described as SF: The Handmaid’s Tale, Oryx and Crake, and The Year of the Flood.
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Weekly Video Upload – 12 May
Includes a 30 min video debating the theory of the Gaia concept for planetary biophysical interactions as applied to the Earth
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End to end test – success!
Last week’s KickSat meeting at the BIS quickly achieved success
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Antimatter police force?
An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms.
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The Lonely Universe: Are We All There Is?
In a forthcoming article in Odyssey, I’ll be suggesting that the likelihood of extra-terrestrial intelligence may be fairly low.
British Interplanetary Society Events
The Northern Lights
The polar lights are a natural phenomenon, often stimulating awe and wonder in those who view them.
The Philosophy of the Starship – Call for Papers
This is a symposium on the philosophy of the Starship. At some point in the future, human kind will build robotic and human carrying vessels which will go beyond the solar system, out into interstellar space and onto visit worlds around other stars.
Unveiling the Secrets of the Universe
Professor Virdee will give an exclusive insight into the accelerator, the experiments and the most recent results from the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator.
Chinese/Soviet Forum
This is the Society's major Forum for hearing from and talking to the experts on the Chinese and Soviet Space Programmes.
Extraterrestrial Liberty: What is Freedom Beyond the Earth?
The question of how freedom will develop in space is one of the most compelling sociological questions in the long-term exploration and settlement of space.
Space Colonies – A Proposed BIS Study Project
How can space exploration help the Earth? In the late 1970, studies led by Gerard O’Neil proposed the construction of large space colonies, to be sited at lunar distance at the L4 and L5 points.
In Space
no oneEVERYONE can hear you screamThis talk will focus on medical and psychological issues during long duration exploration class missions (e.g. Mars), drawing on my experience in Antarctica where i spent 13 months as the European Space Agency's Human Spaceflight Research MD.
UK Space Conference 2013
The 2013 UK Space Conference, which takes place in July over two days, will focus on realising the UK's ambitions in space....
Sampling the Mysteries of Space by Sample Return of Comets and Asteroids
Comets and asteroids act as time travel capsules, having captured and preserved the earliest Solar System....
Starship Congress 2013
The Icarus Interstellar Starship Congress aims to bring together the interstellar community to foster discussion and generate tangible action.
JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): The First Large ESA Cosmic Vision Mission
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission selected by ESA as the first large mission within the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan,....
From Imagination to Reality 2
Based on the success of the first such event last year - From Imagination To Reality 2, examines the commercialisation of space, borrowing it’s alternative title from a quote by that most famous of visionaries, ....
64th International Astronautical Congress
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, I’m honored to invite you to participate in the 64th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), which will take place from 23-27 September 2013 in Beijing, China. After the 47th IAC in 1996, Chinese Society of Astronautics is privileged to host IAC for the second time in Beijing.
Further News And Information From The British Interplanetary Society
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Out Now – Spaceflight June 2013
Its 40 years since Skylab was launched and this month Spaceflight marks that event with a series of articles reflecting on its phenomenal engineering and scientific achievement.
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Out Now! Odyssey 27 (May 2013) – Tracing the Sine Wave of the Future
Depending on their chosen mode of transportation, Odyssey readers’ who went on last month’s interstellar voyage may be suffering from one of two conditions: the isolation sickness brought on by being aboard a world ship, or the disturbing effects of DSD, better known as Doppler Shift Disorientation (a common side-effect of FTL travel).
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Weekly Video Upload – 5 May
Launched last week and subject to weekly updates, the latest videos have been added in our members-only site.
