Kelvin Long completed his Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering and Masters degree in Astrophysics at Queen Mary College, University of London. He is Fellow The British Interplanetary Society, Fellow Royal Astronomical Society, Member American Institute Aeronautics & Astronautics, Chartered Physicist and a Practitioner of The Tau Zero Foundation. He has published numerous articles and papers on various aspects of space travel. He is currently doing his Ph.D in Inertial Confinement Fusion.

Martyn Fogg has a PhD in astrophysics which involved modelling the formation of terrestrial planets in the presence of giant planet migration. He has published widely on diverse aspects of astronomy and planetary science, including planetary evolution and exobiology. He is most well known for his research in the subject of terraforming and authored the first technical-level book to cover the field of planetary engineering in general.

Richard is the Primary Propulsion Design Lead for Project Icarus. Richard holds a Ph.D in theoretical physics with a focus on Casimir energy, dark energy and the stability of higher dimensions. He also holds a Masters degree in physics with space sciences and technology obtained from the University of Leicester in 1999. From 1999 to 2002, Richard worked for the United Kingdom government, researching SAR polarimetry. Richard is known for his interest in Warp Drive and the suggestion that a technological manipulation of extra dimensions might allow an advanced civilization to control the local dark energy density. He resides in Houston, Texas.

Andreas completed his Ph.D in Gravitation and Cosmology at Baylor University in 2009. His dissertation "Colliding Branes and Formation of Spacetime Singularities in Superstring Theory" holds remarkable implications for the study of black-holes in extra dimensions.He also holds an MPhys degree in Physics with Space Sciences and Technology. Andreas has held a variety of research positions including two research fellowships at JPL/NASA where he worked on the Galileo mission support team and also the Hubble Wide Fields and Planetary Camera team.He also served as a Graduate Technologist working on the LISA mission development team at Birmingham university in the UK. He currently holds the position Chief Scientist for Variance Dynamical Corp. He resides in Anchorage, Alaska.

Rob Adams is a study lead in the Advanced Concepts Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center. His main duties include organizing the efforts of teams of engineers to complete analyses of interest to NASA management. He led the Ares V integration study in 2008, bringing together the disparate efforts from four major centers under one banner. He led the team evaluating concept aircraft dropped launch vehicles for a joint NASA/Air Force study. He has lead a number of analyses for the Space Systems branch as well, including evaluating crewed missions to Mars. Dr. Adams is considered an expert on mitigation systems for defending the Earth against impacts with asteroids and comets. Dr. Adams also conducts analyses and research in the fields of advanced propulsion and mission analysis. He holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering) degree from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and is finishing a Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Dr. Adams looks forward to the day where we are all out there exploring space.

Pat obtained his BEng in electronic and communication engineering from the University of Bath, and a BSc in physics from the Open University. He is a professional software engineer in the United Kingdom, and a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, as well as the IEEE, BCS and ACM. He maintains an active interest in a wide spectrum of technologies, from watches to starships. He also supports primate conservation, running the Friends of Monkey World site and forum.

Martin originally opted for a B.Eng in Auto Engineering to suit then British Aerospace owned Rover, as employment in the aero industry was uncertain. He has since recanted and is completing a B.Sc in physics with the Open University, and has every intention of studying an M.Sc in aerospace to correct his academic misdemeanour. Having previously flown gliders and helicopters he also has a keen fascination with studying all things aerospace related. His practical experience includes analysing and designing structures, powertrains, and suspension systems for everything from cars to huge mining trucks. He is currently a design analyst for a large supplier of diesel engines and industrial gas turbines (Caterpillar).

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In the 1980s Rob Swinney completed his Bachelors degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and his Masters in Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester (Jodrell Bank).  Later he graduated from Cranfield University (then the Cranfield Institue of Technolgy) with a Masters degree in Avionics and Flight Control Systems.  After a rewarding career in the Royal Air Force as an Aerosystems Engineer (Avionics) Officer he completed his Commision in 2006 having attained the rank of Squadron Leader.  He is a Chartered Engineer registered with the UK's Engineering Council and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (previously known as the Institution of Electrical Engineers), and, of course, a British Interplanetary Society member.  Following several, more earth-bound projects, Rob joins the Icarus Project Team as a Floating Designer.

After receiving my master's degree in aerospace engineering at the Technische Universit at Munchen, I'm now doing my PhD at the same university in the area of space systems engineering at the Institute of Astronautics. During my studies, I participated in several mission studies: Lunar gravity measurement mission by EADS and a cubesat mission analysis. During my internship at ESA-ESTEC, I participated in the joint ESA/industry lunar architecture study of the human spaceflight division, applying different systems engineering methodologies like stakeholder analysis. I'm currently supervising a practical course on concurrent engineering of space systems at the institute of astronautics. The objective is to design an Earth observation mission. My particular interest is in the early phases of systems design (requirements engineering, functional analysis, concept design/trade offs)

After achieving my Bachelor's Degree in Aerospace Engineering at University of Applied Sciences Bremen, I am now studying Master of Aerospace Engineering at TU Munich. I already gained some practical experience in my field of studies during my internship at EADS Astrium Friedrichshafen where I was working on the mission LISA Pathfinder (Thermal Analysis and Control) and my Bachelor Thesis at EADS Astrium Bremen where I was working on a mission analysis for the NEXT Lunar Lander. Currently I am participating in REXUS 10, a European sounding rocket programme for university students, provided and supported by DLR, ESA and SSC.

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Adam was born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia in 1970. His first memory of  TV is watching the BBC documentary on the "Viking" landings and (black & white) episodes of "Space 1999". At age 9 he learnt of a star-probe named "Daedalus", and was given a little book, "Road to the Stars" by Iain Nicholson. A teenage dream career in space-probe design suffered a few hiccups along the way - the "Challenger" disaster, going to University hoping to do Physics, but finishing a B.Sc in Psychology. Since
then Adam has retaught himself mathematics & physics, web-published polemics against Creationism, written an essay on SETI for the late Chris Boyce, and semi-completed an Engineering/Computing degree. Currently he is writing on a broad variety of interstellar & SETI topics while changing day-jobs.

Aaron McEvoy received a Bachelors degree in Engineering Physics and Masters degree in Applied Physics at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. Aaron has worked  primarily at US national labs beginning with two summer internships at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working on the development of radio-chemical diagnostics. He currently resides in Santa Fe, NM and is employed at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he works on two projects: the Gamma Reaction History (GRH) diagnostic for NIF and the Periodically Oscillating Plasma Sphere (POPS) mode of operation for Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) fusion systems. He will be pursuing a PhD in Nuclear Engineering at UW-Madison on the topic of IEC fusion beginning in the Fall 2010 semester.

Marc has been with NASA's Glenn Research center since 1982. In addition to his more conventional engineering assignments that have included designing guidance displays for aircraft low-gravity trajectories, ion thrusters, monitoring systems for rocket engines, and cryogenic propellant delivery systems, he has researched possibilities for creating propulsion breakthroughs. As a part of this research, he forged collaborations with other researchers across the nation to create the NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project. He managed this Project from 1996 through 2001, and has recently stepped down from Project Management to return to conducting research. Marc earned a degree in Physics from Georgia Tech in 1982. He is also a graduate of the 1998 International Space University Summer Program. In his free time, he builds, photographs and writes articles on scale models.

Paul Gilster is a full-time writer who focuses on space technology and its implications. He is one of the founders of the Tau Zero Foundation and now serves as its lead journalist. Created by Marc Millis, this organization grew out of work begun in NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program, and now seeks philanthropic funding to support research into advanced propulsion concepts for deep space missions. Gilster is the author of seven books, including Digital Literacy (John Wiley & Sons, 1997) and Centauri Dreams: Imagining and Planning for Interstellar Flight (Copernicus, 2004), a study of the technologies that may one day make it possible to send a probe to the nearest star. He tracks developments in interstellar research from propulsion to exoplanet studies on his Centauri Dreams Web site. In past years, he has contributed to numerous technology and business magazines, and has published essays, feature stories, reviews and fiction in a wide range of publications both in and out of the space and technology arena. Forthe last twenty-one years, he has written the weekly "Computer Focus" column, which appears in The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC). A graduate of Grinnell College (IA), Gilster put in six years of graduate work at UNC-Chapel Hill, specializing in medieval English literature, before going into commercial aviation and, eventually, writing.

Dr. Greg Matloff, FBIS, is a leading expert in possibilities for interstellar propulsion and is a tenured astronomy professor with the physics department of New York City College of Technology, CUNY, a consultant with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, a Hayden Associate of the American Museum of Natural History and a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. He co-authored with Les Johnson of NASA and C Bangs Living Off the Land in Space (2007) and has authored Deep-Space Probes (2000 and 2005). As well as authoring More Telescope Power (2002), Telescope Power (1993), The Urban Astronomer (1991), he co-authored with Eugene Mallove The Starflight Handbook (1989). His papers on interstellar travel, the search for extraterrestrial artifacts, and methods of protecting Earth from asteroid impacts have been published in JBIS, Acta Astronautica, Spaceflight, Journal of Astronautical Sciences, and Mercury. His popular articles have appeared in many publications, including Analog. In 1998, he won a $5000 prize in the international essay contest on ETI sponsored by the National Institute for Discovery Science.

Dr. Tibor Pacher (born in Hungary 1960). Trained as a PhD physicist (Heidelberg 1991 s.c.l.), he works since 1999 as a freelancer for Management and Financial Accounting processes and their support by software systems (www.peregrinus.net). During his academic career he worked on different topics of General Relativity, Cosmology and Quantum Chemistry as well as on ESA's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) mission. 2006 he initiated the organisation "peregrinus interstellar", dedicated to the topic of interstellar travel www.peregrinus-interstellar.net - The PI Club. Tibor also runs the project MiniSpaceWorld, aiming at the creation of a big lively scale model layout for Spaceflight and Astromomy. Tibor also runs the projects Faces from Earth - www.faces-from-earth.net, with focus on creating interstellar message artefacts, to be carried on future deep space missions, and MiniSpaceWorld, aiming at the creation of a big lively scale model layout for Spaceflight and Astromomy.