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Are there any real proposals that deal with this issue for a vehicle that would carry humans and go fast? Something that's not "energy shields". Edit to add: w

by awongh 1y ago

Are there any real proposals that deal with this issue for a vehicle that would carry humans and go fast? Something that's not "energy shields". Edit to add: we basically understand the physics of accelerating something to a high speed, what it would need to be made from, etc., afaik all within the realm of possibility- if we could gather and direct that much energy and then wait long enough to decelerate at the other end. It seems like the questions that are completely unaswered are: keeping people alive and healthy for that long, and how the ship could survive if it hit something.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> Are there any real proposals that deal with this issue for a vehicle that would carry humans and go fast? Whipple shields [1]. > Something that's not "energy shields" The interstellar medium contains lots of charged particles [2]. Electromagnetic deflection is perfectly realistic. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield [2] https://www.space.com/interstellar-space-definition-explanation https://www.space.com/interstellar-space-definition-explanat...