This is the first part of my interview with Dr Cristopher Morrison. In this one, we're discussing the concept of a propulsion system that should allow things like catching up with an interstellar visitor or delivering a telescope to the outer part of the Solar System.
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00:00 Intro
01:16 Intersecting interstellar objects
09:39 Which technical challenges are solved
17:20 Spacecraft design
20:05 Finding captured interstellar objects
28:05 One more thing
35:00 What's next
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