The Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (TVIW) recently initiated a Youtube video series titled, From Here to the Stars, that consists of interviews with scientists and leading thinkers in the area of interstellar travel. Here are the first four entries in the series:
In Episode 1, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of “Future and You” podcast, interviews Marc G. Millis, Founder and Director of Tau Zero Foundation, in association with Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (Les Johnson, Executive Producer).
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In Episode 2, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of “Future and You” podcast, interviews Dr. Louis D. Friedman, Co-Founder of The Planetary Society with Carl Sagan and Bruce C. Murray and Planetary Society Executive Director Emeritus, in association with Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (Les Johnson, Executive Producer).
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In Episode 3, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of “Future and You” podcast, interviews Dr. Philip Lubin, a professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a co-recipient of the 2006 Gruber Prize in Cosmology along with the COBE science team for their groundbreaking work in cosmology. This series is produced in association with Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (Les Johnson, Executive Producer).
See the see DEEP-IN webpage for more about the work of Lubin’s group at UCSB on “Directed Energy Interstellar Precursors”.
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In Episode 4, Stephen Euin Cobb, Host of “Future and You” podcast, interviews Dr. Gregory L. Matloff, Emeritus Associate and Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics at New York City College of Technology (NYCCT), Fellow of the British interplanetary Society, and Hayden Associate at the American Museum of Natural History. This series is produced in association with Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (Les Johnson, Executive Producer).
If NASA have a project for a floating city on the sky on another planet, maybe we can use the same technology on something more achievable.
If the space program have a launching base, one third of the distance to space, would speed up the space program?
In 1930’s USA build a AIRCRAFT CARRIER ON AIRSHIPS with very low technology compared with today’s technology. I really believe space shuttles could be launched from a airship. Virgin Galactic launches there’s space ships from a airplane.
I made this short video on YouTube only to explain the idea. https://youtu.be/B0jbF6RHtlQ.
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My theory is … -TO LAUNCH: Having a Airship launch platform leaving earth base with the spacecrafts. ( I have no knowledge how big the airship has to be and how many spacecraft it could carry) with all the technology we have now days, I’m pretty sure the scientist would come out with some solutions.-ONCE the Airship reach the maximum possible altitude,the spacecraft will be launched using a electric magnetic catapult for the initial pushing. this technology has been tested few months ago successfully! The Navy will use this technology to launch aircraft on the new aircraft carrier which is being built.
-TO LAND: After delivering to the station the spacecraft will glide back to earth base to change engines if needed ,refueled ,reloaded and get pick up from the ground station by the Airship to be launched.
To make that trip worthwhile I think the Airship should be able to carry at least 5 spacecraft that has the same size as our old Space Shuttle and at least half of the weight and more powerful engines. If the space program can have five launches a week and every launching, caring load the size of a module from ISS, would be great?
We have to try everything to see if we can get out of the rockets systems. Its a lot waste of material and time.! With exception does reusable rockets from Blue Origin and SpaceX, for sure will be needed. I have this question for years and I believe can be done with all the technology we have today….
Sincerely
Jaime Oliveira