[Interview] A Realistic Way to Intercept An Interstellar Visitor

How do you plan a trip through the Solar System? What are the orbital mechanics tools that can be used for that? How can all that be used to intercept an interstellar visitor like Oumuamua?🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 Intro00:01:15 Orbital mechanics00:08:50 Planning missions to outer planets00:11:15 Special orbits00:14:40 Gravitational assists 00:20:45 Going to the Sun00:24:40 Lowest energy highways00:27:44 Going to asteroids00:34:10 Intercepting interstellar objects00:41:07 Propulsion systems00:52:40 What would a realistic mission look like01:00:30 Interstellar sample return 01:03:14 Galactic orbits01:07:37 Outro📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/PxYecl2QvT0📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast