Today's 11 Twitter Posts

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:09:39 : RT @galearesearch: Project Icarus site launches today: http://bit.ly/FdRVd
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:07:21 : Project Icarus, Daedalus follow-on over next 5 years. Time to get involved?
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:54:59 : Lovely pre-Raphaelite Icarus painting - http://bit.ly/jM88z - Mourning for Icarus by Herbert Draper
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:48:55 : D2 powered Daedalus engine could give 1 year Mars round trip though, and 1 year one way to Jupiter
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:46:55 : Moon not viable for He3 production, hence Jupiter. Just realising this pushes any launch date til after we can do industry at Jupiter!
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:25:19 : Never realised that Daedalus was to be launched from Jupiter orbit as that was were the He3 and D2 fuel was coming from
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:52:12 : Alpha Centauri A and B both have stable orbits out to 2.5AU, both with HabZones, but any planets may be dry due to disc cut-off of water/ice
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:42:38 : Target analysis by astrophysics/biology and distance leads to alpha centauri as best candidate - but extrasolar planet data might change it
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:26:26 : Local extremely large baseline optical array could outperform optical scope on a flyby probe
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:12:22 : Big question of the day is whether it is feasible to decelerate a star probe when you get there. AI is issue #2. Otherwise it's just flyby
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:50:14 : Going to the British Interplanetary Society's 30th Anniversary event for the Daedelus star probe and how it could be revised with C21 tech.