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Will We Ever Visit Other Stars?

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Published on Feb 1, 2013

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Likelihood of interstellar travel: http://www.universetoday.com/17044/ba...

Time it would take to visit nearest star: http://www.universetoday.com/15403/ho...

Curiosity Rover self portrait on Mars: http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/n...

Hayden Planetarium's Digital Universe [Mac or PC]: http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/univ...

Orders of Magnitude (speed): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_o...)

Fermi Paradox: http://www.scientificamerican.com/art...

What it looks like to travel near light speed: http://io9.com/5976041/this-is-what-i...

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Liam and Brad are WORLD OF THE ORANGE: http://www.youtube.com/woto

Wormholes: http://science.howstuffworks.com/scie...

Alcubierre drive: http://www.space.com/6649-star-trek-w...

Alcubierre drive video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZXD...

Alcubierre PDF: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/cas...

Andrew Kennedy's wait calculation paper: http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=20...

MIT Game Lab Download "A Slower Speed of Light": http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower...

Bad Astronomer on a body in space: http://bit.ly/WFI9dw

SciShow on a body in space: http://bit.ly/WjJZnX

Wikipedia article on explanations and criticisms of the Fermi Paradox (great read): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_pa...

VERY cool wikipedia artcile "timeline of the FAR future: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline...

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  • bailzmc

    My dreams are crushed.

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  • troublanc92

    You shouldn't talk like a smart ass when you are not smart...

    Europe never went to america for the discovery of a new continent but to prove the earth is round going to india threw the atlantic ocean. And why were europeans fond of India? not for their superior intellect but once again for spices and raw materials...

    Like said before, if ever there would be aliens near earth, they would have plenty god reasons to visit earth! They could lack water and need more which we have for example ...

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  • mylonix001

    I swaer NASA should hear and watch your videos

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  • jidgeasmudge100

    I am looking at this in a Positive position... my reasons are:

    1. I am 14 and, by the time i am older, teleportation could have been created (considering they figured out how to duplicate large amounts of particles very quickly to far away places)

    2. In 60 years or so cryogenic freezing could be the norm

    3. Time travel may not be far off, considering how quickly science is evolving atm

    I am looking positively at this :D

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  • kennystalker1

    that moment you realize you were born to late to explore earth,

    and you are born to early to explore space

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  • MSMBNetworks

    Very, very solid episode. Got a great laugh out of me at the 115,000 calorie remark

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  • IMABEAST696969er

    All we need to do is somehow obtain alien technology and speed the process up, so there is still hope :P

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  • peterjwhitepw

    Have you taken into account time dilation? as we go faster to the speed of light time slows down relative to the earth and the planet your travelling to. So if we could travel at near light speed it would take the interstellar travellers a small amont of time in comparison to earth time :)

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  • Ajaax Dre'Farj

    We only need to travel as far as Mars. When are going to discover the Citadel already?!

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  • wildmanoman

    I am Sirrus, and I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!!!

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  • AsianIdiots323

    Of course we will meat other solar systems cause in area 51 has a alien ship that can travel through time and go faster than the speed of light!

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  • seanltube

    omg flag plz

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