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no. Voyagers are the first interstellar objects.🤔 c'mon, you're better than that.🤨
Do I have to do all the thinking for u people?
Here is what you do… Put a giant ACME slingshot on the moon and fire the probe… EZ
Rocheworld was first published as Flight of the Dragonfly, that's the edition I have, it has a technical report at the end describing the solar sail mission and how you can make it a return trip as well.
Great video
I would say the fastest, furthest man made object would be that man hole cover that got nuked into space.
Disappointing Thor sequels. Thank you for weighing in on that one Simon 😂
Moon base flying laser kites around the solar system, nice
There is absolutely ZERO reasons to spend a dime to go to our closest star neighbor… full stop.
One thing all the dreamers forget in their calculations is not how to accelerate, but how to decelerate. If it takes 10 years to accelerate to 1/10th light speed, you have to turn the sail around and start decelerating 10 years BEFORE you arrive. Otherwise you will zip past our nearest star neighbor and end up 'lost in space'.
Early dreamers would focus energy from Earth onto the solar sail. But because of the inverse square law of energy over distance, very soon there is not enough energy produced in our entire solar system to continue accelerating the object. Closer to our Sun helps but even that energy quickly becomes too little.
Current dreamers would construct a massive sail and have energy producing Lasers onboard fueled by nuclear reactor. Kind of like having fans on a sailboat powered by gas generator with huge fuel tank. In theory it 'might' work. In reality it is still a massive effort with ZERO need. We should just throw a global party and give every human a billion dollars instead. I for one could use an extra billion.
I wanna see a mega project video on he-man
Starshot: Big lasers. Lots of them and really big ones.
Me: You've built a weapon, Kent.
4:00 I mean we already developed a nuclear engine…
needs a interstellar keel. Perhaps a micro gyroscope with counterbalance to manage the genoa 🙂
12:33 Pa or Pascal is pressure not force…
Sending 100's maybe 1000's of probes to other star systems….what could possibly go wrong. Have we not all seen independence day.👽
Light sails is one of the most magical, under-celebrated technologies in the world. It's the fastest spaceflight technology achievable using existing and near-future technology. A simple, ultra-thin sail that can accelerate way, WAY faster than any other existing technology, to a significant percentage of the speed of light, and can fly to another solar system within just 20 years, without carrying engines or propellant. Unbelievable !
20:46 YEAH HAHAHAHA BIOY after u all go extinct from the greedy stup11dity of yo heads
Wont happen in my lifetime, but definatly worthwhile to do
Why you trying to sound like a posh twat? Lol…
Using sails in space to travel the black ocean around Earth is almost poetic.
First step, invent magic; Second step, use magic; Third step, profit
You keep mentioning NASA. With the massive lobby and contract protest problem, the goal to get to $1000 probes to even explore locally will be paved with strife. Only through private venture will we get there gracefully. What industry goes from charging $1 billion+ to $1000 without a fight?
Any natives there we can give our bacteria and viruses to and take their land for it's resources?
First out!? Nah voyager won that!
Collisions? Rather than worrying what particles might do to the probe, shouldn't we be concerned about what a 4g projectile moving at a quarter the speed of light might do at the destination. It'd suck to incidentally declare war on someone.
This is where a moon base comes in handy.
Seems interesting until you have the need to apply the brakes and you don't have the infrastructure in place to shoot a laser at them accurately from the destination.
I dont even think humans will get to Mars let alone get beyond our solar system. Neither will we get an unmanned craft to nearby stars. Will destroy ourselves and deplete needed resources way before then
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