Beam Powered Spaceships

In order to get into space, we require either huge amounts of rocket fuel or dangerously powerful energy sources, making personal spacecraft a technology limited to science fiction. But by harnessing beamed power sources to run engines, we may be able to create a spaceplane cheap enough and safe enough that anyone could have one in the future. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/Wol8EU6Rtbk Sign up with Skillshare for 2 months of Free classes: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur11 Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Upward Bound: Beam Powered Spaceships Episode 192, Season 5 E27 Written by: Isaac Arthur Editors: Evan Schultheis Darius Said Keith Blockus Matthew Acker S Graham https://beyondnerva.wordpress.com S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics by: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Katie Byrne Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com Sam McNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca DeRosa - lucaderosa2@live.com Music: Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" https://www.s-cheremisinov.com Stellardrone, "In Time" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Scott Buckley, "Titan" http://www.scottbuckley.com.au Kevin MacLeod, "Morning Snowflake" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZXFhRIx6b0dFX3xS8L1yQ Dan MacLeod, "Alpha Protocol" https://soundcloud.com/neptuneuk AJ Prasad, "Staring Through (Part II)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA8-7qwaEPU See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.