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The Rocket-Less Future of Space Travel

Season 52 | 5m 17s

Imagine taking an elevator to space. Or blasting off in a nuclear rocket. That might sound like science fiction, but scientists are racing to develop new, more efficient methods of space travel - and some pretty wild ideas are on the table. Discover the rocket-less future of space travel and the quest to make it happen.

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Extras
To better study the UFO phenomenon, science needs more eyes on the skies.
A nearly 3,000-year-old canopic jar is discovered in an Egyptian tomb.
Follow scientists in a quest to understand how complex forest ecosystems can help cool our planet.
The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations.
If the universe as we know it started with the Big Bang, will it also have an end?
Scientists have discovered the building blocks of life in samples retrieved from a distant asteroid.
Explore key military technologies in the American colonies’ fight for freedom.
The container ship Dali lost power causing it to crash into Baltimore’s Key Bridge.
Engineers explain how a vulnerability made the bridge open to catastrophe.
In a recently discovered tomb in Pompeii, archeologists made a startling discovery.