Why Is Nobody Talking About Multi-Stage Interstellar Spaceships?
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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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
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