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Interstellar travel can be real. And you don't need to break the laws of Physics to do it. In this interview, I discuss a realistic way we can send missions to nearby stars in our lifetimes.

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• 00:00:00 Intro
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• 00:02:06 How hard is interstellar travel
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• 00:13:19 Ride solar wind like a bird
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• 00:23:15 How a realistic mission can look like
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• 00:40:20 Exploring the Solar System
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• 00:46:50 Fastest gun in the world
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• 00:55:39 Best way to get off planet Earth
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• 01:01:08 Interstellar Symposium
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• 01:04:00 First interstellar mission. When?
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• 01:13:53 How to become an interstellar engineer
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• 01:19:17 Outro
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Interstellar Symposium
\nhttps://irg.space/irg-2023/

Andrew Higgins' group web page:
\nhttps://interstellarflight.space/

Twitter
\nhttps://twitter.com/McGill_AdAstra

Jeff Greason\u2019s idea for a \u201cReaction Drive powered by External Pressure\u201d (the so-called q-drive).
\nhttps://tauzero.aero/wp-content/uploads/JBIS-May-2019-Greason.pdf

New paper on Dynamic Soaring
\nhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frspt.2022.1017442/full

RC gliders reaching nearly 900 km/hour by performing dynamic soaring on wind shear:
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyYaL0dGAA
\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFD_Wj6dhk&t=0s

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