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How would we be able to travel fast enough to get across the galaxy? Use Jupiter to propel us, of course!

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[TheCupEater]

Good God I'm in love with Michio Kaku.

[Linoran1985]

@DarkprinX2500 It's not the speed that kills it's the acceleration. If it accelerates slowly there's no problem.

[akram4179]

@Linoran1985 controlling acceleration in this case is actually not a big problem. You just have to adjust the charge in the spacecraft to control the acceleration.

[whoisit266]

What episode is this?

[IETCHX69]

guinea?

[IETCHX69]

gineau pig me

[Srjl]

Pray to the gods that we have anti g-force fields when that technology arrives. Imagine the pressure put on the human body when we go through those accelerations concidering the course is curved!

[timothylcrowe1]

If we could make it out past Neptune we could just hitch a ride on Sedna. She has an extreme deep space orbit and will be pulling in the station ready for boarding in 2076. She can take us out as far as 937 AU over the next 5500 years.

[werdnaforevertube]

I hate to bear bad news or sound disrespectful- These immense magnetic fields would interfere with electronics on board the spacecraft. You might as well scrap this whole idea. It seems all these proposals on using large magnetic fields in one way or another in spacecraft totally ignore this. It would also get increasingly difficult (perhaps almost exponentially) to hold that orbit around Jupiter. Also, consider the radiation around Jupiter- you're going to need a miracle to shield the ship.

[1phoe1]

@Gytax0 And it seems will remain a Fail :D

[humbemsishere]

wow cocaine

[justinlloyd3]

@ExcaliburClan Why is it not brilliant? Why not point out the flaw than to just say learn some physics? Michio Kaku has before on other shows, presented things a little off or or in exaggerated ways but that doesn't take away from his skill in his particular field and the good he is doing getting the excitement about science back.