Interstellar Travel and the Incentive Trap
Should we begin our journey to the stars now, or wait until we have faster technology?
May 2023
November 2022
Sailing to the Stars on a Beam of Light
Interstellar Spacecraft #4: How existing technology can send a spacecraft to the nearest star in less than a human lifetime.
September 2022
Interstellar Ramjets and Antimatter Drives
Interstellar Spacecraft #3: Spacecraft need so much fuel to travel interstellar distances that fuel becomes the only thing they can bring along. Are there any solutions to this problem? This article looks at two: interstellar ramjets and antimatter drives.
March 2022
Surfing to the Stars on a Nuclear Blast Wave
Interstellar Spacecraft #2: Could the destructive power of our nuclear weapons arsenal be repurposed to transport humankind to the stars?
February 2022
Chemistry Won’t Get Us to the Stars. What Will?
Interstellar Spacecraft #1: Astrophysicist Philip Lubin has said, “Chemistry will get you to Mars, but it won’t get you to the stars.” What did he mean by that? And, if chemistry won't get us to the stars, what will?