Tau Zero Foundation
“Ad astra incrementis”
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| Nonprofit | |
| Industry | Interstellar spaceflight |
| Founded | April 24, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Columbus, Ohio |
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Key people
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Jeff Greason |
| Website | tauzero.aero |
Jeff Greason
Chairman of the Board
Christopher Altman
Director of the Board
Walter de Brouwer
Director of the Board
The Tau Zero Foundation for Interstellar Spaceflight is a spinoff of the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program (BPP), a NASA-funded research project that ran from 1996 through 2002. NASA established its Breakthrough Propulsion Program to study proposals for revolutionary methods of spacecraft propulsion that would require breakthroughs in physics before they could be realized. During its six years of operational funding, the program was supported with a total investment of USD $1.2 million.
After conclusion of NASA funding into the program, principal investigator Marc Millis, together with physicist Eric Davis, documented the results in the book Frontiers of Propulsion Science, published in February 2009 by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Its “Chapter 3: Prerequisites for Space Drive Science” provides a deeper explanation of several proposed spacecraft propulsion methods, including diametric drive, pitch drive, bias drive, disjunction drive and three variations of differential sails.
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