One of the pleasures of conferences like the recent Huntsville gathering is the chance to meet up with old friends. Richard Obousy and I had been talking about his offering a review of Icarus Interstellar's recent work for some time, and Huntsville gave us the chance to firm up the idea. The article below is the result, an examination of the Icarus team's current structure and planning as they continue with the Project Icarus starship design and look toward other interstellar possibilities. The president and senior scientist for Icarus, Richard is a familiar face on Centauri Dreams. He did his doctoral work at Baylor University, studying the possibility that dark energy could be an artifact of Casimir energy in extra dimensions. He's now engaged in planning the Icarus conference this summer, about which more shortly. By Richard Obousy Having served as President of Icarus Interstellar for 18 months now, I've been privileged to be knee deep in the evolving face of this exciting...