Video: Dr. Gerald Cleaver on Icarus Interstellar, warp drive, and matter/antimatter propulsion

Project Persephone is an effort by the Icarus Interstellar group to design a workable generation ship for making a trip to a distant star: Project Persphone: British Scientists Building ‘Living Space Ark’ To Save Humanity – Huffington Post

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Prof. Gerald Cleaver is a noted theoretical physicist in string theory at Baylor University and a member of the Icarus Interstellar team. In this video of a luncheon presentation at NASA JSC,  he gives a fascinating talk (aimed at a general audience) about the Icarus group, about interstellar flight, the possibilities of making Alcubeirre Warp Drive a reality (he says string theory is key!), and a couple of ways to create large amounts of antimatter for propulsion :

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The Space Show this week

The guests and topics for The Space Show this week:

1. Monday, April 28, 2014, 2-3:30 PM PDT(5-6:30 PM EDT, 4-5:30 PM CDT): JOHN SPENCER AND NICOLA SARZI-AMADE on ISDC 2014 from May 14-18, 2014. See http://isdc.nss.org/2014.

2. Tuesday, April 29, 2014:, 7-8:30 PM PDT (10-11:30 PM EDT, 9-10:30 PM CDT): DR. AJAY KOTHARI, President of Astrox (see www.astrox.com). We will be discussing hypersonics and more. See his Op-Ed on the subject at http://thespacereview.com/article/2490/1.

3. Friday, May 2 2014, 9:30 AM-11 AM PDT (12:30-2 PM EDT; 11:30 AM-1 PM CDT): We welcome DAVID RUCK to the program to discuss his film “So You Want To Be An Astronaut” .

4. Sunday, May 4, 2014, 12-1:30 PM PDT (3-4:30 PM EDT, 2-3:30 PM CDT). We welcome ROD PYLE to our program to discuss his new book, Innovation The NASA Way.

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