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The human universe: Could we colonise the stars?

04-May-2015

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Three main hurdles: 1. nowhere in our solar system offers a suitable environment, 2. will need significant propulsion power, and 3. interstellar dust likely to damage crafts travelling to other suns.

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Anders Sandberg

Senior research fellow at Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford

David Grinspoon

Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute and author

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Space Colonization