Will Humanity Ever Become An Interstellar Civilisation? - Avi Loeb | Modern Wisdom 678

Avi Loeb is a theoretical physicist specialising in astrophysics and cosmology, Professor of Science at Harvard University and an author.

Humanity travelling to different planets is a huge undertaking. Yet we're already looking further afield. If we are to survive out into the far future, we need to travel to different solar systems and this presents a ton of unique challenges, today we get to find out about the biggest ones.

Expect to learn how Avi discovered and collected the first ever material from a different solar system that landed here on earth earlier this year, whether we will ever send generations of humans on a space craft to a different stars, how Avi is planning to propel a craft up toward the speed of light within the next decade, the dangers lurking beyond the edge of our solar system and much more...

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00:00 Was Our Universe Created By Aliens?
07:49 Avi’s Thoughts on the Recent Alien & UFO Rumours
21:14 How Avi Knew that He had Found Interstellar Objects
32:01 Promising Methods of Future Interstellar Travel
43:22 Will Humanity Ever Visit Another Galaxy?
52:28 Average Length of Existence of Non-Interstellar Civilisations
56:18 What Difficulties Would You Face on an Interstellar Journey?
1:01:54 How to Reach the Nearest Star at 1/5 Speed of Light
1:08:00 Where to Find Avi

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