Life in Our Universe. Episode 21, Space Travel - A Reality Check.
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Laird Close
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.
Space is so vast that inventing a method of faster-than-light travel is the only way humans could conceivably travel the cosmos conveniently. How hard is space travel, really? In this mind-bending lecture, review the obstacles to space travel and consider their theoretical solutions - from combining matter and antimatter into energy, to taking "short cuts" via warp drive and wormholes.