[Interview] Why Is Nobody Talking About Multi-Stage Interstellar Spaceships?

Published: Aug. 12, 2024, 10 p.m.

Interstellar travel might not be as impossible as most people think. Especially if we adopt the multi-stage approach that we already use in everyday rockets. How can we do it and what results we can expect? Finding out in this interview.

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\U0001f449 Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew Higgins:
\nhttps://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI

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\U0001f7e3 Guest: Jeff Greason
\nhttps://www.el-sky.com

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\U0001f4dc Sunbeam: Near-sun statites as beam platforms for beam-driven rockets
\nhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576524003837?via%3Dihub

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  • 00:00:00 Intro
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  • 00:01:54 Sail close to the Sun
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  • 00:12:34 Interstellar velocities
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  • 00:28:03 Transferring power to spacecraft
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  • 00:33:09 Data transfer
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  • 00:43:31 Multi-stage interstellar ship
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  • 00:47:06 How will a realistic mission look like
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  • 01:09:51 Current obsessions
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  • 01:12:49 Final thoughts
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