[Interview] Interstellar Travel Without Breaking Physics with Andrew Higgins

Interstellar travel can be real. And you don't need to break the laws of Physics to do it. In this interview, I discuss a realistic way we can send missions to nearby stars in our lifetimes. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday00:00:00 Intro00:02:06 How hard is interstellar travel00:13:19 Ride solar wind like a bird00:23:15 How a realistic mission can look like00:40:20 Exploring the Solar System00:46:50 Fastest gun in the world00:55:39 Best way to get off planet Earth01:01:08 Interstellar Symposium01:04:00 First interstellar mission. When?01:13:53 How to become an interstellar engineer01:19:17 OutroInterstellar Symposiumhttps://irg.space/irg-2023/Andrew Higgins' group web page: https://interstellarflight.space/Twitterhttps://twitter.com/McGill_AdAstraJeff Greason’s idea for a “Reaction Drive powered by External Pressure” (the so-called q-drive).https://tauzero.aero/wp-content/uploads/JBIS-May-2019-Greason.pdfNew paper on Dynamic Soaringhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frspt.2022.1017442/fullRC gliders reaching nearly 900 km/hour by performing dynamic soaring on wind shear:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nyYaL0dGAAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eFD_Wj6dhk&t=0s📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/SkGRVvA23qI📰 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