I developed the software which was used to solve the problem of catching up with the first interstellar object to be discovered, 1I/'Oumuamua, Project Lyra. I am a researcher for the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is).https://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mke7qkcsrc2thttps://adamhibberd.com/2026/04/26/the-pipe-dream/25 Apr 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke7qkcsrc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mitpqvirp22xGo to my latest blog which is related to harmonics, not musical, but celestial: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/04/06/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-to-the-sun-earth-l4-point-from-earth/06 Apr 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitpqvirp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mhqspbouf22wGo to my latest blog post about how the New Horizons probe was launched. https://adamhibberd.com/2026/03/23/understanding-new-horizons-launch-trajectory/23 Mar 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqspbouf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mhjmeexkb22sMy latest blog: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/03/20/ai-inadequacy/20 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjmeexkb22shttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mgld2adti22dhttps://adamhibberd.com/2026/03/08/bombay-mix/08 Mar 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgld2adti22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mg2rpwkids2vMy latest blog post: https://i4is.org/2024-yr4-which-rendezvous-plan/#gsc.tab=0 It is concerned with two possible trajectory solutions to rendezvous with an asteroid designated 2024 YR4, as solved by my 'Optimum Interplanetary Trajectory Software' (OITS). A possible sample return could be achieved, in the way it was for OSIRIS-REx.02 Mar 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2rpwkids2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mftbf2ppk22zMy latest personal blog highlights some of the challenges for Project Lyra: @i4interstellar.bsky.social https://adamhibberd.com/2026/02/27/reaching-oumuamua-a-challenge-for-humanity/27 Feb 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftbf2ppk22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mfpdvjeu5k2zIf you want a layperson's guide concerning the paper I wrote with Marshall Eubanks and Andreas Hein on the subject of missions to 3I/ATLAS using a solar slingshot, go to my starship blog for the Initiative for Interstellar Studies, here: https://i4is.org/a-mission-to-3i-atlas-by-solar-slingshot-a-laypersons-guide/#gsc.tab=025 Feb 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpdvjeu5k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mfmzf6jxhc2ahttps://adamhibberd.com/2026/02/24/the-earths-core/24 Feb 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmzf6jxhc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mf773ljpok2rGo to my starship blog about intercepting interstellar object 3I/ATLAS by a particular spacecraft trajectory manoeuvre known as a 'Solar Oberth': https://i4is.org/3i-atlas-is-it-worth-a-solar-oberth/#gsc.tab=0 @i4interstellar.bsky.social19 Feb 2026 08:40 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf773ljpok2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mez4ixjsr22iMy work is mentioned in Universe Today: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/a-new-concept-for-catching-up-with-3iatlas16 Feb 2026 22:38 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mez4ixjsr22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mec6hjkaqc2i@i4interstellar.bsky.social My latest blog details how my software works at a basic level, and explains how I used it to solve the problem of sending a mission to catch the interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/02/07/how-to-reach-interstellar-visitors-optimum-interplanetary-trajectory-software/07 Feb 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec6hjkaqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3me4mlujmt22ihttps://adamhibberd.com/2026/02/05/sample-return-mission-feasibility-of-2024-yr4/05 Feb 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4mlujmt22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3md6z253y7s2vMy latest blog post is not directly space-related: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/01/24/a-recipe-for-disaster/24 Jan 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6z253y7s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3md3diitrs22iMy latst blog concerning missions to Near Earth Objects: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/01/23/a-challenge-for-oits/23 Jan 2026 08:58 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3diitrs22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mc3un56abs2lBack to the close encounter in 2032 of an asteroid discovered in 2024 December, namely 2024 YR4. Go to my latest blog concerning a mission: https://adamhibberd.com/2026/01/10/more-on-2024-yr4/10 Jan 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3un56abs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mbtgbws77k2thttps://i4is.org/3i-atlas-is-it-worth-a-solar-oberth/#gsc.tab=007 Jan 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtgbws77k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mbt2mbza2c2tMy research into reaching 3I/ATLAS by Solar Oberth: arxiv.org/abs/2601.02533 https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.0253307 Jan 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt2mbza2c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mbrx6oqbdc2hhttps://adamhibberd.com/2026/01/06/3i-atlas-is-it-worth-a-solar-oberth/06 Jan 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbrx6oqbdc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mb5ryiw6d224Go to my blog for my Project Lyra memoirs: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/29/project-lyra-a-second-chance/29 Dec 2025 21:33 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb5ryiw6d224https://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3masccmjuf224A Christmas story from my blog of my experience as a scientist, a situation many will be familiar with: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/08/12/the-know-show/25 Dec 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3masccmjuf224https://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mapsyb6zhk24My quest to number-crunch the Mars Cycler, see below. Merry Christmas everyone. https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/24/cyclers-the-quest-continues/24 Dec 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mapsyb6zhk24https://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3mal3m4bvqc2iMy ongoing analysis into the Mars Cycler, go to my blog: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/22/a-mars-cycler-insights/22 Dec 2025 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mal3m4bvqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3maemuohgak27Go to my blog on Cyclers: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/19/a-practical-cycler/19 Dec 2025 21:24 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3maemuohgak27https://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m7qfuyxuxs2cHow a swarm of space sails formated in a plane perpendicular to their direction of motion may measure the mass of a nearby object (such as Proxima b, the planet orbiting the closest star to our Sun, Proxima Centauri): https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/11/measurement-of-mass-by-space-sails/11 Dec 2025 20:26 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qfuyxuxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m7nrz76xks2oI have returned to a familiar old chestnut - PROJECT LYRA. The study of missions to 'Oumuamua. SpaceX Starship and Falcon Heavy make an appearance. Go to my latest blog here: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/10/project-lyra-with-a-starship/10 Dec 2025 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7nrz76xks2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m7ltsqtqw22oMy latest blog provides a list of the salient Project Lyra missions I have discovered so far. Project Lyra is the initiative to catch up and intercept the first interstellar object to be discovered: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/10/exploring-interstellar-missions-project-lyra-insights/10 Dec 2025 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7ltsqtqw22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m7gpds6avc2oI was the key writer of the 'Is 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?' paper with Adam Crowl and Avi Loeb. Therein is a calculation of the probability that 3I/ATLAS could have arrived so close to the ecliptic, the maths has been very contentious. Go to my blog here: https://adamhibberd.com/2025/11/26/3i-atlas-in-plane-language/07 Dec 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7gpds6avc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m7dv2j3eds2oMy latest post is all about using a SpaceX Starship Block 3 to eventually intercept the first unambiguous interstellar object to be discovered, 1I/'Oumuamua (PROJECT LYRA): https://adamhibberd.com/2025/12/06/the-spacex-starship-and-catching-an-interstellar-object/06 Dec 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7dv2j3eds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adamsspaceresearch.bsky.social/post/3m6p7pqayfs2gGo to the lead feature of the latest issue 51 of Principium, which is my contribution to this publication. It concerns my work with Avi Loeb and Adam Crowl on our two papers to do with the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FxBNSU4GYcoHspS0BJIQeApVhpa1YJLz/view?usp=sharing28 Nov 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:b4ow6ide7x37pscjw3ektevf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6p7pqayfs2g