Settling the Galaxy (ACT's entry to GTOCX)

This is a visualization of the ESA-ACT team entry to the 2019 edition of the Global Trajectory Optimization Competition, where ACT finished third.

The ESA-ACT team members were: Dario Izzo, Marcus Märtens, Ekin Öztürk, Mate Kisantal, Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Luís Felismino Simões, Chit Hong Yam, Javier Hernando Ayuso.

More information on the GTOCX competition:
https://gtocx.jpl.nasa.gov/gtocx/

More information on all GTOC events:
https://sophia.estec.esa.int/gtoc_portal/

Description of the problem:

"In about ten thousand years from the present, humanity will reset its counting of years to zero. Year Zero will be the year when humanity decides the time is ripe for the human race to boldly venture into the galaxy and settle other star systems. One hundred thousand star systems in th...