How to Go to Infinity and Beyond
These ships feel like old friends \u2013 The Enterprise, the Millennium Falcon, Battlestar Galactica, Serenity, The Rosinante. But would any of them actually work in space? I talk with NASA astrophysicist Jessie Christiansen, JPL planetary scientist Kevin Hand and Boeing engineer Eric Primm talk about how we would get to the stars, what those ships would actually look like, why the Millennium Falcon probably couldn\u2019t have made the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, and whether the X-Wing fighter should be a drone.\nThis week's episode is sponsored by Express VPN. We\u2019re proud to be featured on Podurama this month.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices