{"id":8550,"date":"2014-08-11T09:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T13:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8550"},"modified":"2014-08-11T09:03:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-11T13:03:04","slug":"100-year-starship-symposium-in-houston-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8550","title":{"rendered":"100 Year Starship symposium in Houston in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/100yss.org\/\" target=\"_d\">100 year Starship<\/a>\u00a0organization\u00a0is holding its <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.symposium.100yss.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Public Symposium<\/a>\u00a0in Houston, Texas over Sept. 18-21. Here&#8217;s the agenda:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2014.symposium.100yss.org\/programs\/\" target=\"_d\">Programs\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2014.symposium.100yss.org\/tech-tracks\/\" target=\"_d\">Tech Tracks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/100yss.org\/mission\/purpose\" target=\"_d\">100 Year Starship&#8217;s purpose:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>We exist to make the capability of human travel beyond our solar system a reality within the next 100 years. We unreservedly dedicate ourselves to identifying and pushing the radical leaps in knowledge and technology needed to achieve interstellar flight, while pioneering and transforming breakthrough applications that enhance the quality of life for all on Earth. We actively seek to include the broadest swath of people and human experience in understanding, shaping and implementing this global aspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Taking up this task ignites not only our imagination, but the undeniable human need to push ourselves to accomplishments greater than any single individual.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0100 year Starship\u00a0organization\u00a0is holding its 2014 Public Symposium\u00a0in Houston, Texas over Sept. 18-21. Here&#8217;s the agenda: Programs\u00a0 Tech Tracks The\u00a0100 Year Starship&#8217;s purpose: We exist to make the capability of human travel beyond our solar system a reality within the next 100 years. We unreservedly dedicate ourselves to identifying and pushing the radical leaps in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8550\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">100 Year Starship symposium in Houston in September<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,26,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-space-systems","category-speculation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2dU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1887,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1887","url_meta":{"origin":8550,"position":0},"title":"Starship Century Symposium 2013 &#8211; May 21 &#8211; 22, UC San Diego","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an announcement for the Starship Century Symposium 2013: Starship Century Is this the century we begin to build starships? 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