Comments by "DynamicWorlds" (@dynamicworlds1) on "Interstellar Propulsion Technologies - RANKED!" video.

@guidojones6107 obviously by solar wind I was referring to that created by other stars. There's also cosmic wind in the interstellar medium in interstellar space. And yes, at relativistic velocities and over the large areas of a solar/magnetic sail it would be significant. Less posturing and more educating yourself, please.
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@AzLツ It's better if you just know it as standing for "nuclear thermal rocket" and that it's to be avoided it in all other contexts. You'd gain nothing of value from this knowledge so just leave it be.
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 @ratking93 that's a good thing. When the internet tells you NOT to look something up, believe it.
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We'd need to eventually move systems when our sun goes red giant, but in the short term I agree. We're already seeing an increasing trend toward urbanization on Earth as the advantages to living close together continue to outweigh the advantages to living spread out, and as we head deeper into the information age, that's only going to be more and more true. We're also seeing our population growth level off, so it's not like we're going to need a galaxy worth of space for humans to live in. O'Neill cylinders are also WAY more practical than terraforming. And that's all without figuring out true VR. Sure, I'd be excited to get photos from planets around other star systems, but there's just WAY too much to miss out on by actually going there unless everyone else was coming too.
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@SabrecatFromSpace bad analogies. We're talking about something that would take a massive amount of people, time, and resources to accomplish, not something people will be able to just decide to do on their own as a hobby.
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 @blas_de_lezo7375 you don't, but careening into solar wind at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light will slow you down quite a bit. Deceleration is what solar sails are best at.
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 @peterd9698 exactly! Between all the interstellar dust and solar wind and such, decelerating isn't an issue for a solar sail. That's one of the main advantages to using one.
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@stupidburp it does require braking against the interstellar medium as well, yes
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