Project Icarus (other)
Project Icarus may refer to: * Project Icarus (interstellar), a study started in 2009 for the design of an interstellar space probe * Project Icarus (photography), a 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology photography project * Project Icarus, a 1967 MIT student project to defend against risks from the asteroid 1566 Icarus * "Project Icarus", the working title of the 2013 Irrational Games video game '' BioShock Infinite'' * Icarus Project, a methodology in the diagnosis of mentally ill patients See also * Icarus (other) Icarus is a character in Greek mythology. Icarus or Ikarus may also refer to: People * Roger Squires (born 1932), crossword compiler who has used the pseudonym Icarus * Icarus (wrestler) (born 1982), wrestler with the Chikara organization Place ...

Project Icarus (interstellar)
Project Icarus is a theoretical engineering design study aimed at designing a credible, mainly nuclear fusion-based, unmanned interstellar space probe. ''Project Icarus'' was an initiative of members of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and the Tau Zero Foundation (TZF) started in 2009. The project was under the stewardship of Icarus Interstellar until 2019. It remains a BIS project. The project was planned to take around five years and began formally on September 30, 2009. An international team of scientists and engineers was assembled and a number of papers were published on many aspects of Interstellar flight during the active phase of the project. History Project Icarus was founded, mainly, by Kelvin Long and Richard Obousy. The project was first announced at a conference at the United Kingdom Space Conference, held at Charterhouse, Surrey on 4 April 2009, when Kelvin Long had organized the first interstellar session. He then approached Richard Obousy about helping ...
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Project Icarus (photography)
Project Icarus was a project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2009. Project Project Icarus was an experiment in 2009 to launch a camera into the stratosphere undertaken by MIT students, Justin Lee and Oliver Yeh.The $150 Space Camera: MIT Students Beat NASA On Beer-Money Budget
Wired, September 15, 2009 The launch vehicle consisted of a filled with and a

1566 Icarus
1566 Icarus ( ; ''provisional designation'': ) is a large near-Earth object of the Apollo group and the lowest numbered potentially hazardous asteroid. It has is an extremely eccentric orbit (0.83) and measures approximately in diameter. In 1968, it became the first asteroid ever observed by radar. Its orbit brings it closer to the Sun than Mercury and further out than the orbit of Mars, which also makes it a Mercury-, Venus-, and Mars-crossing asteroid. This stony asteroid and relatively fast rotator with a period of 2.27 hours was discovered on 27 June 1949, by German astronomer Walter Baade at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was named after the mythological Icarus. Orbit and classification Icarus orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.19–1.97  AU once every 13 months (409 days; semi-major axis of 1.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.83 and an inclination of 23 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official ...
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BioShock Infinite
''BioShock Infinite'' is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K Games. The third installment in the ''BioShock'' series, ''Infinite'' was released worldwide for the Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and OS X platforms in 2013. The game is set in the year 1912 and follows its protagonist, Booker DeWitt, who is sent to the airborne city of Columbia to retrieve a young woman held captive, named Elizabeth. Booker rescues Elizabeth and the two become involved in a class war between the nativist Founders that rule Columbia and the rebel Vox Populi representing the city's underclass. Elizabeth possesses the ability to manipulate "Tears" in the space-time continuum that ravage Columbia, and Booker and Elizabeth discover she is central to the city's dark secrets. The player controls Booker Dewitt throughout the game, fighting enemies and scavenging supplies, while the AI-controlled Elizabeth provides assistance. Irrational Games and creati ...
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Icarus Project
The Icarus Project (2002-2020) was a network of peer-support groups and media projects with the stated aim of changing the language and culture of what gets called mental health and mental illness. The name is derived from Icarus, a hero in Greek mythology, and is metaphorically used to convey that the experiences of mental distress and other extreme mental states can lead to "potential yflying dangerously close to the sun."theicarusprojecorganizational/origins-and-purpose History In 2002, Sascha Altman DuBrul wrote an article published in the ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' about his experiences being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He connected with Jacks McNamara, an artist, and writer, who shared a desire to counter the dominant bio-psychiatric narratives about mental illness. Together, they founded the Icarus Project, which set about to diversify the language of mental health beyond the realms of Western psychiatry and psychology. The Project also sought to create spaces where ...
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