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.

👉 Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew Higgins:
https://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI

🟣 Guest: Jeff Greason
https://www.el-sky.com

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

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

📺 VIDEO VERSION
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