Ep 11 - Space Travel Isn't Sexy

A big shout out and thank you to my Go Fund Me contributors. Trying to get back on track and knock out a few podcasts. This episode is about Alien Megastructures, life on other worlds, and light speed travel. *Correction, not Titan Spacecraft, amend to Project Orion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_(nuclear_propulsion) Alien Megastructure Article: http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/has-kepler-discovered-an-alien-megastructure-151014.htm Fermi Paradox Article: http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/earth-bloomed-early-a-fermi-paradox-solution-151020.htm Drake Equation N = R * fp * ne * fl * fi * fc * fL R* = the average rate of star formation in our galaxy fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets ne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets fl = the fraction of planets that could support life that actually develop life at some point fi = the fraction of planets with life that actually go on to develop intelligent life (civilizations) fc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space L = the length of time for which such civilizations release detectable signals into space[9][10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Quora.com light speed travel Q&A: https://www.quora.com/If-you-could-travel-at-99999-the-speed-of-light-how-long-would-it-take-you-to-traverse-the-visible-universe-in-objective-time-as-an-observer-on-earth-and-also-in-subjective-time-as-a-passenger-on-the-spacecraft Stephan Hoyer, Physics Ph.D, UC Berkeley Andy Bradford Follow The Kyle Style Podcast on Twitter! @KStylePodcast https://twitter.com/KStylePodcast Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kyle.souther And if you are so gracious, head over to my GoFundMe page and drop some shekels in my virtual cup: https://www.gofundme.com/wy6r3p2k Also be sure to check out my sketches, digital paintings, and animations: https://www.kylesoutherartist.com http://ksouthsblog.blogspot.com