The Halo Drive
March 1, 2019
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as posted by the channelHow could we one day travel between the stars with real physics? Perhaps the greatest challenge to interstellar flight is energetics - it takes vast amounts of energy to accelerate even small ships to 20% the speed of light. But what if we could steal that energy from where? Perhaps even a black hole. Enter the "halo drive", a video by Prof David Kipping based on his new peer-reviewed research paper on the subject.
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Further reading and resources:
► Kipping, David (2018), "The Halo DriveFuel Free Relativistic Propulsion of Large Mases via Recycled Boomerang Photons", JBIS, 71, 458
► Dyson, Freeman (1963), "Gravitational Machines", in A.G.W. Cameron, ed., Interstellar Communication, New York Benjamin Press
► Breakthrough Starshot homepage
► Our Cool Worlds video giving some background on Breakthrough Starshot
► Our Cool Worlds video on relativistic moving mirrors
► Our Cool Worlds video on mirror distortion effects
► Columbia University Department of Astronomy
► Cool Worlds Lab website
* There’s an error in the video at around 8:30, 2 trillion joules is the cumulative energy output of a typical nuclear power station after 2000 seconds, not 20 days
Music is largely by Chris Zabriskie () and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (), in order of appearance;
► Cylinder Five ()
► Music from Neptune Flux, "We Were Never Meant to Live Here" ()
► Music from Neptune Flux, "That Hopeful Future Is All I've Ever Known" ()
► Cylinder Four ()
► The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow ()
In addition, music from OneGuitarOrchestra, acoustic cover of Hans Zimmer's "No Time For Caution"
Video materials used:
► Several NASA videos, in particular from the Voyager 1 and New Horizons missions
► Several ESO videos, in particular of TRAPPIST-1 and LIGO merger animations,
► Breakthrough Starshot animation from Breakthrough Initiatives ()
Films clips used:
► Interstellar
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