How to get to Alpha Centauri

Today we'll be looking at the ONLY realistic ways to get to Alpha Centauri. By our current technological capabilities, a spaceship accelerated to 80km/s would have to travel for roughly 18000 years to get to Alpha Centauri. For reference, in this timeframe, humans progressed from creating the first organized settlements to our modern-day society. So conventional fuel isn’t an option.

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- Gustav Holst - Mars;
- Pablo de Sarasate - Danza Española No.2 - Habanera

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[SciencephiletheAI]

Thanks to our sponsor for making the video possible! How has everyone been doing this past month?
Edit: The "Hello mortals" in the beginning of this video has been skipped for some experimentation with the YouTube algorithm, we'll see how YouTube likes it

[Astitva]

Everybody talking about how smooth the ad was slipped in but no ones talking about how good the video is ;-;

[MiRaje]

Tell USA that there is oil near Alpha Centauri, I'm sure they will innovate warp drive within a few weeks.

[Andrew-]

Why should I go to Alpha Centauri, when Alpha Centauri can come to me!
Who's the Alpha now?
They should call it Beta Centauri.

[kuzeyuki]

I can't stop laughing when the intro "The closest star to earth is... Wait for it... the sun DUH"

[fenim]

Nasa just needs to watch an Indian guy's YouTube tutorial on how to make an space warping drive.

[sambasiva]

Where is Hello Mortals at the beginning -_-

[Fedico]

For some reason when I start thinking about things like this I get a sense of urgency like it's my reality and something needs to be done now.

[mohitberi]

The transition was smooth but the ad was hella long XD

[parttimelazy]

I love how all of this is incredibly hard to do but the most likely option is apparently the *actual freaking warp drive.*

[jalilevans]

When sciencephile is so smooth you don't even realize you're watching an ad

[jatingoenka]

"Revive the cold war and put it on steroids". Man you killed me 😂🤣 😂

[TFStarlight]

Wait a sec, if hes a bot, how did he solve the captcha to sign up for a google account?

[saturn]

0/10.

Did not open the video with Windows Startup SFX and "Hello Mortals."

[vlad.d.]

Me: slams door after an argument
My mom: start going up the stairs
Me:

[thecaptainsarse]

Your scientific knowledge is as astounding as your ability to segue a sponsor into the lesson.

Remarkable.

[scienceisawesome]

FINALLY, I've been waiting for u to post smth i can't live without this channel:)

[TheSrgaara]

1:25 really didn't see that coming

[bowenjudd]

Sciencephile: The hard part would be producing a laser powerful enough to-

Styropyro: Done it in my garage.

[celticbear]

"Humans are humans. They've proven countless times that limits are just something to be broken, be it either stupidity or brilliance."

This quote is actually inspiring wtf