{"id":152056,"date":"2022-12-07T13:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/project-daedalus-our-1970s-plan-for-interstellar-travel"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T19:26:27","slug":"project-daedalus-our-1970s-plan-for-interstellar-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/project-daedalus-our-1970s-plan-for-interstellar-travel","title":{"rendered":"Project Daedalus: Our 1970s Plan for Interstellar Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fdHN-DNjK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many ideas have come and gone, but Project Daedalus was a uniquely ambitious plan from the 1970s that never quite came to be.<\/p>\n<p>For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/scishowfinds.com\/\">https:\/\/scishowfinds.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow<\/a>.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters:<br \/> Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, alexander wadsworth, \u0633\u0644\u0637\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u064a, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Bader AlGhamdi, James Harshaw, Patrick D. Ashmore, Candy, Tim Curwick, charles george, Saul, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Viraansh Bhanushali, Kevin Bealer, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Justin Lentz.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: <a href=\"http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow\">http:\/\/dftba.com\/scishow<\/a>.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?<br \/> Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scishow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scishow<\/a>.<br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scishow\">http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/scishow<\/a>.<br \/> Tumblr: <a href=\"http:\/\/scishow.tumblr.com\">http:\/\/scishow.tumblr.com<\/a>.<br \/> Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thescishow\">http:\/\/instagram.com\/thescishow<\/a>.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Sources:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightinsider.com\/space-flight-history\/project-orion-nuclear-bomb-rocket\/\">http:\/\/www.spaceflightinsider.com\/space-flight-history\/proje\u2026mb-rocket\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.airspacemag.com\/space\/hms-moon-rocket-3143\/\">https:\/\/www.airspacemag.com\/space\/hms-moon-rocket-3143\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Project_Daedalus.html?id=nEXpnAEACAAJ\">https:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Project_Daedalus.html?id=nEXpnAEACAAJ<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bis-merchandise.com\/books\/project-daedalus.html\">https:\/\/bis-merchandise.com\/books\/project-daedalus.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis-space.com\/what-we-do\/projects\/project-daedalus\">https:\/\/www.bis-space.com\/what-we-do\/projects\/project-daedalus<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/493594\/nasa-created-a-material-that-can-heal-itself-in-seconds-even-from-bullets\/\">https:\/\/qz.com\/493594\/nasa-created-a-material-that-can-heal-\u2026m-bullets\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/marshall\/news\/news\/releases\/2017\/nasa-contracts-with-bwxt-nuclear-energy-to-advance-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-technology.html\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/marshall\/news\/news\/releases\/201\u2026ology.html<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-15\/nasa-is-bringing-back-cold-war-era-atomic-rockets-to-get-to-mars\">https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-02-15\/n\u2026et-to-mars<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/50-years-ago-an-astronomer-discovered-the-first-unambiguous-exoplanet-or-so-he-thought\/\">https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/50-years-a\u2026e-thought\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/breakthroughinitiatives.org\/initiative\/3\">https:\/\/breakthroughinitiatives.org\/initiative\/3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:<\/a> Daedalus_ship.png.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/project-daedalus-our-1970s-plan-for-interstellar-travel\">Continue reading \u201cProject Daedalus: Our 1970s Plan for Interstellar Travel\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many ideas have come and gone, but Project Daedalus was a uniquely ambitious plan from the 1970s that never quite came to be. 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