Space & PhysicsAugust 1, 2019
The Good Kind of Crazy: The Quest for Exotic Propulsion
Traditional rockets won't get us to the stars. Some scientists are pushing against the edges of physics to find out what will
Stories by Sarah Scoles
Sarah Scoles is a Colorado-based science journalist, a contributing editor at Scientific American and a senior contributor at Undark. Her newest book is Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons (Bold Type Books, 2024).
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