Starship Engineers

Where are we going? #exoplanets How will we get there? #StarshipCulture
The Hubble Deep Field avatar represents the impossible challenge, the farthest frontier

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

“I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jackasses, the empty-minded belittlers?”

― Robert A. Heinlein, Have Space Suit—Will Travel

[Interstellar Research Group @IRG_Space]

New Issue of Have Starship, Will Travel has arrived! #science #space #spacetravel #aerospace https://t.co/eDQ551JJXx

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@ericweinstein Behind both of these obstacles is a lack of imagination, an unwillingness to take risks and a mindset that the future will only get worse so why even bother. Dare to dream with eyes open and make the dreams real!

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@CultureExploreX Miltenberg

[T. Marshall Eubanks @TM_Eubanks]

Alice falls into a black hole: Entanglement in non-inertial frames https://t.co/syy8gDtCxH

[Gerrit Bruhaug @GBruhaug]

So one fun thing sci-fi fans like to talk about a lot is antimatter (specifically antiprotons) production for starships. The fun part is that we already make antimatter right now! But to get enough antimatter for any uses, we need to do a LOT better. 1/17

[Lucas Beveridge ☢️🚀 @NukeSpaceCadet]

This is a very cool concept from a friend of mine. Using some clever tricks to make focused electron beams for powering interstellar spacecraft. It works over much greater distances than lasers, so the beam doesn't need as much power because you can accelerate for a longer time

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@TubeTimeUS Summer job all through college including grad school was repairing these things. The fix/repair anything attitude came in very handy throughout my professional career.

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@curiosityonx Silence that goes on forever

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@WKCosmo I score 66% on that list but the need or opportunity to cover some of them has yet to arise.

[Qraal @qraal]

Round-Trip Fusion Rocket to the Stars…

https://t.co/43dbbFZxAj

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@jfreewright When I was in elementary school back in the 60’s there were playground arguments where wrong ideas were defended with “America is a free country!” I think some of them held onto that for life.

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@peterrhague This is the value of research consortia. Joint funding by industry and government that focus R&D on long term pre-competitive activities. Bulk of spending looks ahead 5-15 years with some funds allocated to more long term speculative ideas. Tax incentives for R&D help.

[Ethan Siegel @StartsWithABang]

8 basic unanswered questions about the known particles

If you want to go beyond the Standard Model, you don't need to find new particles.

You can simply answer any one of these outstanding questions about the particles we already know.

https://t.co/pc2unzq16n

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@tsarnick There are dreams and ambitions beyond what our minds can comprehend. We strive to do so and by reaching out, grasp them to make them real. The stars are only the beginning.

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@skdh Spent a bit of time thinking about pushing a quantum object through a microscopic (also quantum?) wormhole. Still far more questions than answers.

[Qraal @qraal]

[2405.13118] Gliese 12 b, A Temperate Earth-sized Planet at 12 Parsecs Discovered with TESS and CHEOPS

https://t.co/pf9kdF4f5O

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@ViceApologist I made a mutant costume for Halloween the year it came out.

[Starship Engineers @StarshipBuilder]

@ElieNYC It was an annual ritual when driving my kids to summer camp to play MPATHG on a little portable DVD player. All under 40. One went to see John Cleese recently on his farewell tour.

[Interstellar Research Group @IRG_Space]

The University of Luxembourg’s First European Interstellar Symposium will take place December 2024, with the IRG’s input and guidance. Tune in on our website for more information!

https://t.co/bcuNRfZshZ