Elon Musk Reveals New Plan For Interstellar Travel!

[@The-Wide-Angle]

Starship stands to interstellar travel, like hot air balloons to a modern fighter jet.

[@oeliamoya9796]

That is a good analogy. Hot air balloons are VERY slow

[@jessemiller5635]

That one left me laughing 🤣

[@cjsmith5787]

You’re not an aviator, clearly

[@adriank8792]

Nobody's sending Starship to other star systems, but chances are that when we start building ships that will go to other stars, SpaceX will be the ones building them

[@undertow2142]

I think comparing a person jumping to a modern fighter jet is a better analogy.

[@davevann9795]

Trips to Mars are currently NOT when Earth and Mars are "closest" as stated in the video. It is when Earth and Mars will be lined up for a minimum energy Hohmann transfer orbit, which is an elliptical solar orbit that has a maximum distance from the sun at the orbit of Mars.

[@Mannicx]

Nice when somebody adds scientific notes to the comments. Thanks 😊

[@psycotria]

SpaceX could use Starship to loft materials to build EarthMars Aldrin Cycler ships to be boosted into solar orbits that have a short leg and long leg, and encounter Earth and Mars during every orbit. Once established into solar orbit, they wouldn't require further major ∆v changes. Starship could ferry people and freight to meet these Cyclers that would consist of two groups, such that people would board the "short" trips each way, while freight would be shipped via the "long" return legs of each group's orbital periods between Earth and Mars SpaceX Aldrin Cyclers would be the efficient way to move people and supplies between Earth and Mars.

[@oberonpanopticon]

I’m very doubtful that the person who makes these videos knows what they’re talking about

[@ArmstrongandTumbler]

Okay, but I like the videos explanation. It can just be explained as "it's faster".

[@NPRixix]

Robert Zubrin - The Case For Mars, pages 88 and 89.

[@suleimanzhukov]

Actually, I listened to some biologists. They say to ensure generic diversity we need at least 10,000 people in a colony.

[@TheForeboding]

Good chance you'll run into a Duster cousin on Mars, so it's also a good idea to keep tabs on the lineage before you hit up the first bar.

[@883kodiak]

But a fully self sufficient colony. Not just bare minimum humans there. 10000 is a very small city.

[@iamsick5204]

For survival that number could be way lower. Also could freeze reproductive cells and they probably would do this regardless

[@jesseb9342]

@@883kodiak exactly. you can't run a self-sustaining technological civilization w/ 10k ppl. Unless you have post-scarcity tech, which we don't currently have.

[@jaialaiwarrior]

That's probably for an indefinitely self-sustaining colony. 100 could get you through 2 generations of travel but that's assuming you'd be able to meet many more at your destination.

[@Sacrimony]

If I ever get out to space, I don't really care if my journey ends there. I'll have witnessed the greatest sights ever known to man

[@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252]

We'll erect a plaque in your honor.

[@andymouse]

If your a young man make sure you have shagged a lot of girls and drunk plenty of beer before you go - Mouse The Wise.

[@barmalini]

I bet you've never been to Italy or France, because this is where the most of the greatest sights find themselves

[@juliane__]

Two completely overrated countries compared to the rest of the world. That's why the Paris syndrome exists. People get depression, when visiting Paris, because it is so awful compared to what they think about it.

[@barmalini]

@@juliane__ I spend a good part of the year in each of these countries and I don't shed a tear if something doesn't meet the inflated expectations of an overseas tourist. Just don't come there, go elsewhere, go to bloody Mars if you want, and leave France for those who can understand it.

[@metroidragon]

3:40 I always found it dumb how people say that things like quadrillions of dollars are in an asteroid as if somehow prices of rare metals wouldn't crash as soon as the technology to mine and return metals from asteroids was proven. Supply and demand dictate that if we increase the supply of gold and platinum and iron, et al, (barring some DeBeers diamond cartel situation) then the prices of metal will become so cheap that the money in these asteroids will immediately be lowered by a titanic margin. In the same vein we better start aggressively protecting our forests more because wood will be more valuable than gold as soon as we starting mining asteroids.

[@element5377]

its only worth what the markets will pay, once its mined, refined, and transported to earth (expensive process). flooding the market with rare stuff will just lower the price you can get for it. its better to just create a space economy, do the manufacturing in space, and just cut earth out of the loop.

[@Wordshine77]

We can set up contained environments to grow whatever plants we need. In fact, I support the idea of such greenhouse type environments throughout the colonies to keep species of both plants and animals from becoming extinct. In addition to providing for the needs of the colonies.

[@evanmorris1178]

While very true, expanding into the solar system would create the demand to use all these materials which would stabilize the price.

[@jayrose6312]

Good points, but the control over the mining, refining, and delivery of such metals would be by the asteroid mining companies. They could easily dictate the inflation, demand, etc. artificially. I think that a self-governing Mars that would “control” said mining would be bad for Earth since they would then dictate such variables! Now, if there was significant government control with a steady supply, and I’m not normally one to suggest that level of government control, we would be able to remove most artificial economic barriers that would skyrocket (some pun intended) such costs!

[@evanmorris1178]

@@jayrose6312 You do realize, the costs of creating the colonies and space habitats, refineries etc, will be expensive. Private companies will be building these for profit. Why shouldn’t they get a fair return? No one will invest if some made up government is going to regulate you out of business. Huge profits NEED to be made at first, to make it worthwhile. Things will stabilize after they become routine.

[@fredriddle-et2wc]

No one is going to colonize space without us producing a space craft that is very very large. And at least a nuclear propulsion system. All else is pie in the sky. Probably also able to create artificial gravity inside the space craft.

[@JOlivier2011]

we need to colonize the moon to build those. low gravity, no atmosphere, easy to get lots of mass into orbit.

[@alexisdespland4939]

@@JOlivier2011 noone huge ship is to dangerous both to build and to finance. it will be done by armada of small aND MDIUM SIZED SHIP REDUNDUNCY INCASE A VECHILE FAILS HALF WAY THERE,

[@JOlivier2011]

@@alexisdespland4939 still a lot of mass.

[@alexisdespland4939]

@@JOlivier2011 DOSE THE MOON CONTAIN THE RIGHT MINERALS FOR THAT IN SUGFIENT QUALATY AND QUANTANTY TO BE ECONOMICALLY EXPLOTABLE.

[@SgtShakenBake]

​@alexisdespland4939 You don't mine the moon, the moon is the base/port for it. You mine the belt for resources.

[@dikhou]

I would miss the wind, our sky, the sea and all the wonderful life on Earth.

[@alex29443]

I don't think you would be forced to go.

[@align432yoga]

I was one of those people commenting about your colleague sounding like AI earlier. I recently watched one of the Tesla videos he made. I’ve adjusted and like his narration a bit more now. One key reason I like your voice more is the way you pause, especially through the first 48s of this video. Your copy is well done, the pause lets it sink it more and demonstrates a calmness duration narration.

[@element5377]

now, if only the information relayed was correct

[@correctionguy7632]

@@element5377 What was incorrect?

[@NOM-X]

Its all a pipe dream, (for now). Looking at least 50 years away. We just have to focus on the Moon, and Mars. Thanks for the episode.

[@billysgeo]

50 years??? only 50???

[@Robweisenhowser]

Colonizing the solar system is a 200 year long task. Which is what we should be focusing on right now.

[@Contrarian-ol2bc]

Mars has somethings asteroids do not, starting with a gravity well that is expensive to get out of, more expensive than the moon and less expensive that the Earth. In comparison the fuel needed to get to an asteroid is tiny. It also has sandstorms and almost as much radiation as empty space. Its actually more economical to go to any of the million or so main belt asteroids than to Mars *or the Moon* because of those pesky gravity wells. Also large spinning space habitats are easier to build when you are right next to the materials needed to build them.

[@Mannicx]

Pipe dream for now and for ever…🎉

[@Mannicx]

@@Robweisenhowsermaybe like Christopher Columbus we find a new continent on our way to India? At least he was clear he was looking for spices. 😂

[@mrfriz4091]

Don’t hold your breath!!

[@JOlivier2011]

no, breath holding is helpful, add that to the list.

[@cjsmith5787]

Very insightful 😂

[@tonywalker8030]

I can't breathe

[@RetroStopMotionCommotion]

Is it a coincidence that since Elon endorsed Trump, the FAA has been more difficult? Imagine if government bureaucracy severely inhibited the genius of Einstein, Edison and Tesla. America needs to be first in innovation.

[@MukiBlalock]

Traveling these extremely vast distances with no gravity ( even a rotating attempt) wouldn't be feasible for multi generational humans.

[@juggadaaku4219]

That’s why “thrust gravity” is more attractive/preferred/natural(?) than gravity by rotating (especially when traveling and not being a station in orbit). But the issue is fuel efficiency.. Now assuming we’ve solved the fuel issue and have loooooots of energy for less fuel then: A constant acceleration along the direction of moving will create gravity in the opposite direction (the expanse is the best example). The spaceships will be like buildings flying on their side with people walking perpendicular to direction of motion. 1/3g constant acceleration for 10 months - turn of thrust (and gravity for the flip) - flip the ship 180 degrees - deceleration of 1/3g for next few months. Now the floors become ceiling.

[@CRobbyGun]

Accelerate at 1g. Decelerate at 1g

[@Gurumeierhans]

But our lord and right-populists saviour Elon says so, so his bot army believes it

[@errolfoster1101]

the old wheeled space station would be a simple idea

[@juggadaaku4219]

@@errolfoster1101 The issue with spin gravity is that the radius needs to be huge so that revolutions need not be too quick. Also if ship is big, it’ll need huuuuge thrust and energy to accelerate/decelerate, change direction even a little bit. That’s why thrust gravity is more versatile/preferred I guess. Spin gravity will be perfect for stations that will only stay in orbit and don’t need to travel.

[@Hebesphenomegacorona]

Going interstellar with near future tech would be like going to the the moon in the Stone Age.

[@dumitrulangham1721]

But look what spacex has done; in how many years they have around space exploration is getting slightly and more profitable! Launch 🚀 are getting as regular as commercial air travel

[@Hebesphenomegacorona]

@@dumitrulangham1721 I don’t think you understand, this isn’t just a matter of better rockets, it’s a matter of completely new technology. We need at the very least nuclear fusion powered engines, but possibly some sort of antimatter fusion hybrid, cryogenic hibernation for humans (however much people would like to talk about it, no sane person wants to live on a generation ship of their whole life), massive I’ve advances in in space mining and manufacturing, ISRU and advances light weight materials and radiation shielding. And then we need hundreds of billions of dollars to build and interstellar ship, and find at least 10,000 people to go to colonise inhospitable planets with no possibility of return.

[@manuwilson4695]

@@dumitrulangham1721 Simple minded dummy.🤪🤪🤪

[@SeattlePioneer]

@@Hebesphenomegacorona > So----- it's as easy as THAT, is it? All that's really needed is for some intellectual to dream it up. At that point, it's as good as DONE!

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

a rooster, duck, and a sheep were the first hot air balloon passengers in 1783 in France. The de Havilland Comet was the first commercial jet airliner to carry passengers, debuting in 1952. Just a matter of time.

[@fenilkheni9494]

so....about 200 years till whatever this idiot said comes true.... that is if great leaps are taken(like rapid advancement in aviation during world wars)

[@chrisalbertson5838]

Linear extrapolation can't work forever. Eventually, you hit some limits of physics. A great example is the shrinking of features sizes in semiconductors. we are are about 3 or 4 um now and we can go smaller. But "zero" is a hard limit. We will never get there. So shrinking will need to stop in not too many years. Many things are like this, they move now but will hit a wall later. And the wall is like that zero, not something technology can cross.

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

@@chrisalbertson5838 Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria use rotary motors called bacterial flagellar motors (BFMs) to move their flagella, which act like propellers, through water at high speeds. We will, uh find a way.

[@jayrose6312]

@@chrisalbertson5838I was recently thinking about this same thing. My undergraduate was in Comp Sci from a very reputable school, but I eventually got burnt out in computing and went back to school for business to only finish my career in accounting. That said, I don’t believe that quantum computing will ever get to a point where it will be accurate enough for practical use, and that would still be only possible with all of the specific requirements that it needs such as an extreme cold environment and the like. So that would preclude it from going mainstream like the PC did. The thing is that we could still have regular binary computing see progression if we could get closer to the quantum size limitations. I know, that’s difficult and we have made huge strides. That said, I think, but am not certain, that the semiconductor industry will need to segue into a vertical design technology. Perhaps layering levels of semiconductors on top of each other will afford tremendous increases in computing power. I don’t know why that would be difficult and how the current design methodology fits in, but the thought of parallel layers could offer an exponential increase in processing power if done right while still maintaining a very tiny footprint.

[@jayrose6312]

@@chrisalbertson5838Technically “zero” would not be the hard limit, but rather one discrete Planck Length unit (lp) would be the hard limit for size, although we would need a few Planck Length units to make it minimally practical for each “transistor” per semiconductor unit. Considering we would essentially need a PNP or NPN design for a basic transistor and there needs to be a doping region between each conductive area, I would opine that 5 lp would be the minimum length of a single transistor in theory. Perhaps we would need to bring it up to the atomic scale to ensure what is positive, negative, doping, etc., but “zero” would never be the case since no physical matter could exist that is smaller than Planck Length (lp). Just a thought.

[@uuzd4s]

Did some reading on the Alcubierre "Warp" Drive. While physicists agree it's achievable within the realm of known physics and possibility, it only takes the energy of a Neutron Star to power it. Anyone got one of those handy ? 🤔

[@PlanXV]

No but the jupiter is there 😊

[@pauldunlop1660]

I hope I'm wrong but this may all be a mathematician's fantasy as yet no one to date has produced a real world demonstration. The first calculations showed the mass of half the universe required, the next the the suns mass, then Jupiter mass and currently Dr Harold Sonny White, formally of NASA's Eagleworks calculates the "mass energy" Equivalent of the voyager space craft (one ton matter+ one ton anti matter?). Ideas and calculation's on possible field geometries are changing all the time who knows but its nice to dream "Mr. Sulu ahead warp factor one."

[@andersdroid]

The Hawking radiation produced makes the Alcubierre drive untenable. That and many other issues.

[@abhijitnandy7008]

Not yet.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

Over the past several years they have managed to reduce the energy requirements down from that considerably.

[@xspager]

THE GALAXY????

[@overworlder]

The biggest enabler of all this are the Starlink revenues.

[@ar-visions]

Earth is the best ship we’ll ever have. We are going places here too.

[@Sketchupdave]

Melon Tusk is good at creating hype, but even for its size the Starship is just a delivery van and not a cruise ship. I wonder if Starship is even a good choice for the route to Mars.

[@Orangefalcon-hp4wn]

Why would it not be?

[@anekdoche7055]

we probably wont go to mars on a starship, too slow and the cosmic radiation would be unacceptable over 9 months, we'd probably use a nuclear powered redundant spacecraft, but without starship we wouldn't even be able to build said spaceship, and ss is VITAL for future space economic growth

[@billysgeo]

In the past 4-5 years, Elon is a liability to any company he is involved in. He is too terminally online, too petty, too thin-skinned and too egocentric.

[@milo-gd3ml]

It's not, it's too slow. Mars can be reached only with nuclear propulsion.

[@bluesteel8376]

@@Orangefalcon-hp4wn Because it runs on chemical propellants. Nuclear rockets are just around the corner and make way more sense for a journey to Mars.

[@patarq6-iv3wk]

Realistically it'll be robots and space probes that go first, if only to test out the technology. They'd also be helpful in giving us detailed info on what we'd find before we go. It doesn't seem likely to me that there are any Earth-like planets in any star systems nearby (I'd love it if I were wrong, though). Anything less would require a heckuva lot of supporting infrastructure, like we'll need for Mars. My guess is that we're more likely to be expanding humanity in our own solar system for a long time before we venture far outside of it

[@Mannicx]

Keep in mind robot batteries don’t do well at cold temperatures, but being SpaceX they will find that out once robots are on mars but they can’t figure why the robots don’t power up 😂😂😂

[@Mannicx]

Maybe send the power plant and charging stations to mars first 😂

[@peterroyle2806]

Someone has been watching th Expance. Bag of pipe dreams

[@AGW99-df3yg]

Do you associate every idea with some silly show? Take a break from the TV

[@cjsmith5787]

Says the theoretical physicist commenting from his couch eating Doritos

[@sethjansson5652]

Says the guy with blue hair

[@arjundureja]

Even the Expanse didn't have interstellar travel

[@gravityawsome]

Lol, says the guy with blue hair. I'd lay off the pipe yourself, buddy.

[@MarcFonteyne]

The wisest people at Space X ! Congratulations !!!!

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

Asteroid is valued at up to umpteen Trillin dollars… Only by idiots who assume that mining will cost nothing and that increasing the supply of barely in demand rare metal X won’t crash the price…

[@billweberx]

The cost of transport and mining will fall rapidly over time. Minerals will be introduced slowly, like De Beers does with diamonds.

[@favesongslist]

Yes those NASA people must have done it on April 1st

[@stevepirie8130]

The true value of anything mined off Earth is if industry that can use it is also up there or even local to source. It does highlight a major problem any talk of off world purpose has which is why? If there is no money and huge profit in it nobody will bother. My thinking on that asteroid is big business down here would pay not to have it come down for the very reason it would destroy the delicate balance they control.

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

@@billweberx This is silly. Jewel grade Diamonds are a luxury good that have a high retail price (but are worth only a fraction of the price of you try to resell) because of that controlled supply. They contribute nothing, nada, to the functioning of the the productive economy. And if the supply increases even slightly - which is what will happen to rare metals mined in space - the price will fall. A lot. You can’t have increased supply and artificially maintained scarcity at the same time!

[@lizmramsey6852]

I hope youre having a great day❤️👍🚀🚀🙏🎂🩸🚀🎉🎊🥰😘

[@server1ok]

SpaceX. The wildest ride that never happened.

[@dereks1264]

That was fun. Totally batshit crazy, but fun.

[@KURUZU43]

The important thing to note about a warp drive is that you're creating a bubble around the ship essentially and it is the bubble that's moving through space FTL, not the ship which means all the contents or passengers and cargo in this case within that bubble are fine and stable once the ship reaches it's destination the warp bubble dissipates almost instantly bringing you to an abrupt stop. Keep in mind though the ship was never moving just the space around the ship was So even though you're coming to a complete and abrupt stop you will not fly forward as you would on here on Earth if you are to do something that in atmosphere.

[@rolandomeza4471]

When and how, for now after forty years of trying, no Earthling can survive the conditions of the moon, how many centuries will it take to survive on Mars.

[@Mannicx]

Great point, keep in mind that the mars goal is just to justify SpaceX and its supreme leader marketing and $$$ plans. No one is going to mars… 😊

[@psycotria]

We can survive as long as we stay inside or suit up, just like anywhere else in space.

[@jmeryllman]

This is why the development of Starship is very important. We need a large vehicle to transport building materials to create livable spaces. Starship is reusable too, so they can make many round trips, as often as possible, to build a sturdy colony.

[@bno6156]

We haven’t been trying at all to live on the moon. We landed there 50 years ago and decided that was enough.

[@ChipSwitzer-oj6yh]

This one was fun! Appreciate your efforts.

[@darknesshorizon3742]

Its like the 90s when people thought we will have flying cars by 2020

[@giorgiolelmi8175]

Overwhelming total misinformation

[@bno6156]

We do, they’re just not practical or cheap to use for everyone. It’s called a helicopter.

[@Rose_Harmonic]

What idea that I think is often neglected is laser propulsion. Facilities on an airless body like the moon could use locally generated power to operate arrays of lasers. These lasers are then focused on a highly reflective, and huge, parachute. Light has momentum, and gigawatts of light has quite a lot of momentum. The more of these facilities along a route, the more they can accelerate interstellar ships. Those ships can then use their fusion engines just to slow down, allowing for a much higher top speed. If similar facilities are built at the end of a routes, ships can be slowed down in that matter. In fact, this system so outperforms even antimatter, once it's built, that ships being propelled by these lasers could conceivably achieve speeds close to the speed of light. Fortunately, all this laser light everywhere is the perfect solution to deal with the interstellar medium.

[@element5377]

sounds somewhat plausible, though even lasers have distance limitations. also, how do you power "facilities along the route", because even lasers have distance limitations. i think the ships will have to coast once the laser can no longer push the sail

[@Roundwave23]

@@element5377 If humans can figure out the energy for lasers like that, perhaps we will make the planet so good we won't want to leave.

[@josipjakopcic7073]

​@@Roundwave23that's impossible, humanity will always strive to expand

[@wyattnoise]

Starship "practicing" an orbital refueling by transferring fuel from one tank to another aboard the same spacecraft and calling that a successful test is so funny. It's like if the first spacewalk just saw the astronauts vent the capsule but never leave their seats.

[@RedRyan]

That's literally how the first spacewalk went though. Baby steps people

[@bluesteel8376]

Transferring between tanks in 2 different spacecraft is only a small step beyond transferring between two tanks in one ship. Having 2 spacecraft meet each other in space and lock on is a solved problem. NASA has been doing that since the 60s.

[@RedRyan]

@@bluesteel8376 You are completely true! Needing to vehicles anywhere is totally solved whether it be orbit or space or the atmosphere or the ocean even during storms

[@lilysceeliljeaniemoonlight]

I luv that phrase, " JUST a hundred tons of uranium" that's ALL !

[@BoogsMcNoogs]

A hundred tons of uranium is very easily gotten. It is far from rare on earth. Shit, the US spies foound 23 tons of it hiding in German hands in 1945 before mining had even taken off.

[@Theolddaysaregone]

I am very skeptical that we will ever travel to another star. The challenges of that task are beyond enormous

[@yotu9670]

Jip. Had the same thought. This is not possible with starship and conventional rocket engines

[@Theolddaysaregone]

@@yotu9670 Haha, no. I do think we might explore the rest of the solar system but that will be it I think.

[@billysgeo]

@@yotu9670 for sure

[@errolfoster1101]

They used to say the human body could not survive speeds of more than 15 miles an hour and said trains would never take of

[@Theolddaysaregone]

@@errolfoster1101 I think that is hard to compare to me saying that I think the probability of interstellar travel with humans (what I meant) is extremely low. If you go and watch some nerdy talks on the challenges of interstellar travel, I think you will agree with me.

[@RobertNGk56]

In another way thinking , That's fine if we wish upon a star travel but we may have to start from scratch one day again and approach how we are going to build a space baron society.

[@omarbaba9892]

Remember how nearly all the old plane and car manufactures died out before it became what it is today? Yeah space x will probably be like that

[@cjsmith5787]

What a great thought for you to try and spread to the world 😂. This topic isn’t for someone with such a small mind

[@tbounds4812]

how do you come up with that thought when they are leading the race already and are on the brink of revolutionising rocketry

[@burtrumis9204]

Just like Henry Ford 😂 lay down, Omar

[@mikldude9376]

@@tbounds4812I don’t mean to sound negative , but so far it’s like a race of snails on mandrax. We have so far had ridiculous claims of getting a million people to mars by a date not far away , and we are so far away, we might as well be on Alpha centuri waiting for a pizza delivery 😂.

[@tbounds4812]

@@mikldude9376 i believe mars is possible in the next 50 years but definetely not star systems i think travelling to star systems may never be possible but who knows what technology may come up

[@setlik3gaming80]

Excellent Reporting and Analysis 🖖🏽

[@rpfour4]

SpaceX's vision is currently driven by Elon Musk. The question should be: Who is going to continue that vision after Musk? My fear is that after Musk, SpaceX will end up as another Boeing.

[@favesongslist]

I believe this is more Gwynne Shotwell's vision.

[@sethjansson5652]

​@@favesongslistGwynne simply runs the company, Elon is the visionary.

[@joeandrew8752]

theyll probably focus on just the economics, lower earth orbit and missions to the moon. Just have to hope NASA is properly administered and funded by then when that happens.

[@favesongslist]

@@sethjansson5652 Suggest you watch Gwynne's TED interview

[@samanthaspino]

Hopefully the governments of the world will realise that privatising space and allowing greedy corporations to control entire areas of land on other planets is an awful idea and Space X will be absorbed into NASA. Either that, or, the colonists on Mars get tired of being treated like trash by Musk and the corrupt businessmen of Earth and revolt

[@akmurf7429]

I have Starlink in my coach and it works great. It is a system within reach of the current technology. What you forgot to mention in your video is that space is not actually empty. A fast-moving spaceship can't dodge obstacles like an Indy car (more energy requirements). In SiFi movies like, "passengers" they have plasma shields to protect themselves from space debris. This movie does a good job of presenting a scenario that could and probably will happen. Currently, no one knows how to build these things. But we'll figure it out. Okay maybe? But not in anyone's current lifetime. Also, the faster you go, the smaller the object needs to be to cause catastrophic failure (K.E. = 1/2 m v2). Kaboom!!! We do not have that tech and it would take multiples of the energy you mentioned to supply such a shield system. Of course, as in target shooting, you have to aim high to hit a target far away. And that's okay. If (big if) mankind can survive its own stupidity, (hate, war, disease) we might have a chance. Judging from the current state of idiocy in the world, I have my doubts. You can't run away from the problems, because you'll be taking human nature with you. And humans in some respects, are stupid! We can figure out all these insurmountable technical problems, but we can't figure out how to get along. Entertaining video though.

[@glennspace1091]

Sounds like the plot of, The Expanse

[@kevinrigginsscienceandhist514]

I love your content. Please keep it up

[@fionajack9160]

U r bot

[@ecthelion1735]

Genetic diversity in breeding stock DOES NOT mean racial diversity. In fact, if you have a self-contained population with no support from earth, you would want to avoid too much genetic distance as well as too little. There is a goldilocks zone, so to speak. For instance, you would want to maximize blood and organ donation capability, and eliminate oddball genetic diseases. This means choosing your crew from ONE racial group. Basic IQ parsing dictates that this should be northeast Asians or Europeans.

[@sussyscylla3414]

Na what are the racists doing here. Genetic diversity is key in these kinds of missions. All the Iq stuff is because of racism. Start 100m back from the finish line and the other team starts only 50 all other things being equal you come last

[@ecthelion1735]

@@sussyscylla3414 Gould-tier nonsense. Re-read my comment.

[@sussyscylla3414]

@@ecthelion1735 brother people across racial groups Cana lol have blood donation capacity with each other and transplant organs (assuming there is a genetic match). Race mostly only affects skin colour and some basic proportions on the face. Organs and blood can all be the same

[@ecthelion1735]

@@sussyscylla3414 No, that is very off-base. While blood types don't vary significantly by race, organ compatibility does. Skin color is perhaps the least important and least interesting thing about race, genetically speaking. The average FST distance between randomly selected individuals of self-identified blacks and whites in the United States is actually greater than the divide between many subspecies.

[@swapshots4427]

Fetuses are Not going to develop properly in space, Period. And it's a moot point because Humans cannot sustain prolonged periods in Space. It is all a fantasy without Gravity.

[@SebastianWellsTL]

The future is bright but the path has yet to be lit.

[@pranjaydass6240]

Can you make a video about the spacecraft we see in games like No Man Sky and Star Citizen. I am talking about the ones with four legs which can easily leave orbit and re enter easily

[@renetuuliranta]

We have to remember that those are video games. In real life it doesnt work like that.

[@pranjaydass6240]

@@renetuuliranta they can make a more knowledgeable video about this topic then you just saying it doesn't work like that

[@renetuuliranta]

@@pranjaydass6240 Sure. And who knows what we will have in the future 👍

[@pranjaydass6240]

@@renetuuliranta you are right

[@Backhand77]

The Mars Dawah team is out of this world!

[@BoogsMcNoogs]

At "SpaceX plans to send 1 million people to Mars by 2050" I laughed so loud Frank Borman woke up and started laughing with me. You all don't believe this shit, do you? We haven't even sent ONE person to the god damn moon in over fifty years. A million to Mars. That's funny.

[@josipjakopcic7073]

We are getting people on moon next year or 2, Mars could be early as 2028, million is a stretch, but we could definetly have thousands by 2050

[@yootoober2009]

Assuming there will be no accidents during this Mars journey is unsafe... it is safer to assume there will be accidents - then you can ask relevant questions about these hypothetical accidents and prepare for them realistically. Then those risks can really be acceptable enough to take... Not preparing for accidents is an accident waiting to happen - as Murphy's law states, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." - at the most inopportune time...

[@timw6596]

I think Musk has watched more Sci-Fi movies then I have !

[@dumitrulangham1721]

Isn’t that what space exploration is inspired by? Sci-fi movies?

[@errolfoster1101]

It would be interesting building 1000 star ships as the improvements between the first and the last and how would you work on maintaining the differences for the passengers who gets the "old" ones and less features interesting

[@garikloran8175]

Have you ever flown on a plane with no seat back screens?

[@errolfoster1101]

@@garikloran8175 yes

[@davidgoodwin9594]

One thing that was not addressed in relation to faster than light travel. Notice that we appear to be zooming at incredible speeds past stars, nebula, planets, etc. How are we going to be able to navigate in faster than light travel without crashing into upcoming objects?

[@josipjakopcic7073]

We can calculate that

[@MichaelDavis-nr3ke]

Im sorry I have to say, I love the ever present specs of radiation particles throughout the whole video. Really make sure you never forget the risks involved.

[@robertkerr4199]

It would take Starship 45,000 years to reach the nearest star. Space X isn't colonizing shit. They MIGHT build a warehouse on Mars. But I highly doubt it.

[@abdiganiaden]

Videos like this is a reminder I spend too much time on KZbin digesting nonsense

[@dylanvenier98]

Super Interesting video! I loved it

[@NPDSTING]

Too mutch...look like a commercial praising Elon Musk

[@cjsmith5787]

Keep drink the hater-aid, ya cuck

[@johndavid9418]

Float SpaceX 🙏🏼

[@dikoman516]

Calm down

[@chikes4862]

my idea is that different types of ships will be built. first earth orbit ships, second type tankers, third moon ships that can land on the moon so they do not have a heat shield. fourth mars ships that can also land but have a heat shield for mars .fifth are not actually ships, but ships can connect to them and then travel faster and further using nuclear power.

[@viarnay]

Fantasy more than sci-fi 😕

[@tristanclarkhawes976]

At 0:19 the commentator says "his team at SpaceX is already laying the groundwork for the future of Humanity's Interstellar exploration". In fact the Soviet Union laid the groundwork for the future of Humanity's Interstellar exploration in the 1950s. The huge cylindrical mother-ships observed by Adamski were probably used to launch spy craft in the United States, but they had the potential to become true star ships able to reach other solar systems in weeks rather than decades.

[@MukiBlalock]

Yeah I don't think we're going back to the moon 🌙 anytime soon, let alone Mars...😢

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

Well, the chinese are going to the moon by 2030

[@andrewreynolds912]

​@@Bow-to-the-absurd yet america is falling behind because someone thought that doing budget cuts was the best idea

[@Pinpadprompts]

NASAs incompetence post Von Braun has little to do with money. Look what SpaceX achieved on a shoestring

[@cjsmith5787]

You don’t understand basic physics or multinational macro-economics. Stop commenting on vids that are outside of your intellectual atmosphere

[@cjsmith5787]

@@Bow-to-the-absurd their spacecraft will fail somewhere, much like every other industry china has tried to pioneer (ie steal intellectual property from people who figured it out first)

[@jayrose6312]

Amazing! This is the stuff that I only dreamed of as a child! 😮👍

[@swapshots4427]

And will be dreaming of when you're 80.

[@RickTheClipper]

It will be a huge challenge to colonize Mars, The Galaxy is the definition of impossible

[@billweberx]

Linear thinking.

[@cjsmith5787]

This is like when Websters dictionary defined “literally” as “not literally.” You don’t understand the English language

[@bno6156]

People in the 1800’s thought planes were impossible, your attitude isn’t helping at all. Let people work on it if they want to. Maybe it is impossible, but bitching and moaning about them trying is reductive.

[@RickTheClipper]

@@bno6156 The laws of physics do not forbid airplanes but definitely deny FTL, and without FTL it is 500 years to the next star

[@stevetruitt9947]

I LOVE what you do, but please also continue to start with "This is... the Space Race" it's just too cool to leave out.

[@unicorn12345]

It always cracks me up when folks figure out how much Psyche is “worth” by just adding up the current market value of all the component minerals. Aside from the enormous cost to extract and transport, much greater than mining on earth, there’s limited demand for most of those resources, and flooding the market with that much product would cause the price to collapse.

[@billweberx]

De Beers can feed it in slowly, like diamonds.

[@favesongslist]

NASA shot themselves in the foot with that.

[@stevepirie8130]

Yep none of it will ever be used on Earth. Far too many rich people would stop that. Now if you had space based factories nearby then you could save a lot of money by using what’s up in space but we’re not exactly tripping over companies saying they’re going to do it are we? Come back in a few hundred years and maybe unmanned mining and factories will be a thing in the asteroid belt but everything we need is here on planet.

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

@@billweberx This is incredibly ignorant. By definition space mining increases the supply, so the price will fall. And more importantly, it’s a hugely capital intensive business and you have to pay a return on that capital. Let’s say you manage to get by for a mere 200B - the cost of sending a dozen crew cuts to the moon with Apollo. You still have to find 15B a year to pay the cost of capital. Which means at least that much in gross profit, which suggests at normal margins 300B in sales a year. In addition to all the platinum or whatever currently sold. “Slowly” my space ass!

[@cjsmith5787]

This is how boomers almost ruined the world. Go back to your pickleball ya cuck

[@shawns0762]

Most people don't know about the 1 realistic method for interstellar travel. If a ship travels at a constant 1g acceleration rate it would get to Alpha Centauri in 3.6 years (7.3 years would pass on Earth) and this includes turning the ship around halfway to decelerate. It would achieve about .95% light speed in 1 year. A 10 ton ship would require 10 tons of continuous thrust. This is by far the fastest way we can get to other worlds and the ship would have gravity the whole way. All that is needed for this is a fission rocket that can put out thrust for long periods and does not consume hydrogen. A true fission rocket should consume uranium or plutonium only. They are both jittery atoms that are on the verge of fissioning all by themselves. There should be a way to get them to fission in a linear fashion. What's needed is a controlled, time released nuclear explosion. In an atomic bomb fission occurs when neutrons hit uranium or plutonium nuclei. This is because they will not tolerate an increase in mass. Due to the equivalence of mass and energy, the same should be true if you infuse them with energy. This might be as simple as having negatively changed uranium or plutonium atoms coming into contact with positively charged uranium or plutonium atoms. Or perhaps with laser or electromagnetic forces. With the constant 1g acceleration method a ship can span the entire diameter of our galaxy in 24 ship/113,000 Earth years. Systems with stars similar to our sun can be reached in under 10 ship years.

[@brianhowe201]

That would be ideal, yes. But the engineering involved is far beyond anything we can produce right now.

[@captainmiserable9037]

The worst part about being a spacex fan is all the Musk fanboys who think he's Tesla when he's really Edison. The thought of Musk being on Mars to rule over his own personal de-regulated fiefdom sounds like a nightmare.

[@robertgehrig2399]

If he builds it, it’s his to do with as he pleases. It should be self governing ideally. If he and SpaceX are the only ones who can get there, then us earthlings have no say in the Martian Colony.

[@basketballmaven1454]

zero chance of humans traveling outside of the solar system for at least 300 years. the level of science and technology is unimaginable right now imo

[@mattdeinken6580]

First step clean the space junk drifting around earth,if not we won't be able to send anything without getting hit my objects

[@billweberx]

Lots of room in LEO.

[@cjsmith5787]

Is this the first woke space ideologue? Our orbit is less polluted than your backyard g. And that’s science

[@sethjansson5652]

You forget how massive Earth is and how little most satellites are up there.

[@mattdeinken6580]

@@sethjansson5652 shows your intelligence

[@billweberx]

@@mattdeinken6580 I agree, it's pretty high.

[@Jaxvidstar]

I would think it would be cool if Elon Musk narrates a Star Trek esque opening for a next SpaceX presentation.

[@jormungandrtheworldserpent8382]

i dont really get musks obsession with mars hes trying to run before he can walk establishing a presence on the moon will be ridiculously hard as is and he wants to skip to mars

[@mrfriz4091]

There is nothing on Mars we want or need. Even the soil is toxic.

[@SierraPerry-ue3or]

Elon Musk u are the shit. ❤

[@AJ-er9my]

It should be noted that this almost certainly won’t be possible in our lifetimes or even the lifetimes of our grandchildren but it will likely happen in the distant future

[@billweberx]

Linear thinker.

[@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252]

We'll destroy ourselves before we have a colony on the moon. Pipe dream of a pipe dreamer.

[@davidnwaokolo1905]

@@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252 I have to ask? Why are you on a channel like this if you truly think humanity has no future past the next ten years?

[@Mike-x9h5f]

maybe in 5,000 years

[@unkatom]

I sincerely doubt would make a worthwhile candidate for an unquestioned leader of an incredibly isolated & remote “kingdom”.

[@cjsmith5787]

Good grammar. No one knows what you were trying to say, ya simp

[@johannesdolch]

Can you make a video about Aliens and how we might be able to procreate with them? Asking for a friend.

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

Procreating with Aliens is easy. Play some Barry White and lean over the egg pod: nature will take care of the rest.

[@SynPhysics]

@@TheGreatAmphibiani’m going to take ur sperm and send it to spacex to send to mars to fertilize the rocks and make alien mars rock babies

[@SynPhysics]

@@TheGreatAmphibianit has to be yours specifically and can’t be lower then 1 gallon of it! goodluck you got 20 minutes and i’ll send u a cup that’ll arrive in 19 minutes

[@SierraPerry-ue3or]

I will go to mars Elon just say the word. 😊

[@P.Galore]

SpaceX has barely gotten their world's largest garbage can into near orbit. Interstellar talk travel is a bit of a stretch.

[@travishylton6976]

lmfao

[@cjsmith5787]

Go back to your job at Walmart, you simpleton. No one cares about your opinion

[@cjsmith5787]

You’re so off it’s crazy 😂

[@lizmramsey6852]

This is awesome my love

[@Bow-to-the-absurd]

We do not have the ability to make a self sustainable base ON EARTH! We tried and failed.

[@cjsmith5787]

This is the stupidest thing I’ve read all day. I’ll see you at the 711 cash register, because that’s all you’re good for

[@paulgraf4140]

groundless phantasms

[@arconnelly5365]

Here’s a fun game, let’s count how many starships launches have successfully landed intact. Oh wait, it’s zero!!

[@TheAuraEngineer]

They have made pretty consistent progress tho with starship though

[@SAMMIEJONESJUNIOR]

China is that you?

[@limey9182]

thats the most braindamaged comment Ive read in awhile

[@kiefox7162]

Your game sucks

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

Worst drinking game ever…

[@Redwave4547]

Sending a robot with AI and a science lab with a lot of materials is how we could possibly seed life on another planet.

[@nightlightabcd]

This is as fantasy as Star Trek! This is just so stupid that I could only watch a few minutes and it got more stupid by the minute!

[@soknightsam]

Deep space nine did it

[@cjsmith5787]

No one asked you, or cares about your simple opinion

[@Violence0vAction]

Let’s get a working planetary defense shield first.. It’s not flashy like interstellar travel- but necessary.

[@VolkerGoller]

😂😂😂😂

[@donenzonen]

In defense of the alcubiere drive, although still far away, many breakthroughs have already been made that massively reduced the requirements. It is definitely a possibility

[@travishylton6976]

what a joke

[@cjsmith5787]

No one asked you to be here. I bet you’re used to that though 😂

[@henryvalera3480]

I think we should focus on the solar system for the next centuries, there are many moons to create settlements from and and a few planets we could actually terraform, after that we will have the tech to start thinking interstellar

[@tiagobernardo6807]

1 million people on Mars by 2050 hahahahahahh. Yeah sure 😂.

[@kiefox7162]

Lol elon didnt even say that these people just want the future their way 😂

[@TheGreatAmphibian]

Peak Musk was when he suggested that old people should retire to Mars. For the climate, I suppose..

[@cjsmith5787]

@@TheGreatAmphibian peak musk is single handedly revolutionizing the ev market and space travel, dummy

[@cjsmith5787]

You’re clearly an astro-physicist…. 😂 Thanks for your opinion. No one cares

[@mihaiserbanescu8676]

The ships that are going to take humans into deep space are going to make starship look like prehistoric antique. I love these videos because they really fuel your imagination and give hope for new human horizons!

[@dscott333]

What about the Mach Drive Engine!!?? It's being talked about as you post this. And could move a huge ship with a relatively small reactor Plus we will be using fusion soon!!

[@CornerTalker]

Might there be a lower tech solution that has been overlooked? (The weed-whacker didn't arrive until 1971, although the electric motor was available since 1822.)

[@housbous1096]

Once they get a fueling station on the moon, well, "Sky's the limit" Would be an understatement. Launching form the moon, takes far less fuel. Launching Full Fuel Tanker Starships, for refueling, from the moon would be the goal.

[@Bains8909]

SpaceX should create some type of structure in space. Where they can dock 6 or more Starships in circle and use its own thrusters to create artificial gravity. This would help on long trips for astronauts to stay healthy and safe. if anything goes wrong in any Starship they can just ditch it and transfer everything to another Starship and continue with their mission and also they can land multiple Starships anywhere in our solar system. Edit.. Another thought came to my mind if they're gonna go nuclear propulsion. They should build the propulsion system in the center of the structure, so they don't have to beef up each starship from radiation inside.

[@James-rm7sr]

They have made a warp bubble and looking to build the engine for it. Which if able like you said it would drop the needed 10 years to just around a month or few months. One of the things the find is you can create the warp bubble, but the thing pushing you forward has to be conventional engines or impulse drives. Then if we can get there with a ship. Do we design a ship simply to go out and look or do we design a craft that can drop someone off or even one that can go down and take off again which is really hard.

[@ndugujamal5539]

Well come back

[@colinmassey527]

Great- when is he leaving?

[@electricminecrafter]

currently the most realistic option is a solar sail (propelled by laser) which is cool for getting there but how ya gonna slow down?

[@peterweicker77]

Elon Musk: Space Messiah

[@ericchin739]

Ohhhh this should be good!! I love learning about interstellar travel from a guy who pretends to be an engineer on TV!

[@laserboneful]

I read the title and immediately laughed

[@loril4488]

Thank you for sharing 😀🙃💔💯