Interstellar Travel before 2100: What Will We Accomplish?
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Have any of you wondered how fast we could propel spacecrafts in the near future? Well, this video will talk about the speed we are capable of producing and the amount of energy it would take. Not just in general but in realistic terms.
0:00 - Intro to speed of light
1:02 - Proxima Solar System
1:38 - Concept behind energy
2:28 - Energy for propelling a grain of salt
3:45 - Energy for propelling a starchip
4:37 - Project Breakthrough Starshot
5:44 - Propelling other spacecrafts?
6:24 - Problem with propelling big spacecrafts
8:32 - Issue of slowing down spacecrafts
9:24 - Proposal of Solar propulsion
9:59 - Antimatter propulsion
10:25 - Other proposed methods...
10:56 - Propelling very small spacecrafts
11:34 - Conclusion