Can We Get to Alpha Centauri?
You like space exploration, and we like space exploration. So why aren't we investigating our closest to galactic neighbor, the triple star system Alpha Centauri? Is it time to give interstellar...
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The eternal catch-22 of deep space exploration, by which I mean sending probes BEYOND our solar system towards other stars, is that, whatever we invent now to send out there is pretty much guaranteed to be obsolete in 50 years. When we're talking about voyages that, in the best case scenario will probably take a century or two, that means that any spacecraft we send out today, is probably gonna be passed on its way by whatever solar-nuclear-cold-fusion-antimatter-warp-drive propels spacecraft we invent in the future. Which brings us to Alpha Centauri. Our closest galactic neighbor. Is it time to give interstellar travel a shot? How would we do it, and given this catch-22 - does it even matter? [intro jingle] Alpha Centauri is triple star system...
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The eternal catch-22 of deep space exploration, by which I mean sending probes BEYOND our solar system towards other stars, is that, whatever we invent now to send out there is pretty much guaranteed to be obsolete in 50 years. When we're talking about voyages that, in the best case scenario will probably take a century or two, that means that any spacecraft we send out today, is probably gonna be passed on its way by whatever solar-nuclear-cold-fusion-antimatter-warp-drive propels spacecraft we invent in the future. Which brings us to Alpha Centauri. Our closest galactic neighbor. Is it time to give interstellar travel a shot? How would we do it, and given this catch-22 - does it even matter? [intro jingle] Alpha Centauri is triple star system...
