Today we discuss the concept of trade throughout a colonized solar system, and ask how viable it is and what challenged it faces. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://www.Brilliant.org/IsaacArthur While Interplanetary trade faces many challenges, Interstellar Trade...
The Launch Loop is a type of space vehicle launch assist mechanism that allows us to transfer vast amounts of energy and momentum from ground based generators to a launch vehicle high in the upper atmosphere. View Lofstrom's 2009 updated paper:...
This episode focuses on many of the problems with travel between stars at relativistic velocities, like collision avoidance, radiation, ship geometry, armor, and point-defense. We will also look at some of the possible engine types and discuss realistic maximum speeds...