Rockets are incredibly powerful. You can launch yourself into orbit, fly to the Moon and, soon enough, travel to Mars. But to go beyond our Solar System, you're going to need something else. Solar sails. How exactly would sails work out in space? How long would it take you to travel to the edge of the Solar System? And why could this journey end with your slow and lonely demise?

00:00 What If You Sailed the Galaxy on Solar Winds?
01:38 Thanks Better Internet!
02:45 How would sailing on solar winds work?
04:57 The journey around the galaxy

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