What If We Had Nuclear-Powered Rockets?

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By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future, we could be replacing chemical engines with nuclear thermal propulsion. That would take you to Mars in just three months. What are the risks of using nuclear propulsion? How would it work? Have we used nuclear energy in space before?
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@WhatIfScienceShow 3 года назад

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@ChrisCredible5000 3 года назад

I love what if

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@netheriteblock4183 3 года назад

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@kushagra6537 3 года назад

MEANWHILE, ELON MUSK IS SECRETLY SEEING THIS VIDEO TO REACH MARS FASTER

@frankocean6676 3 года назад

Well elon musk is kust like another thomas alva edison , elon musk is not a genius he just have a buch of smart people who work for him

@bornoflightningthunder8162 3 года назад

@@frankocean6676 okay, I'm sure Elon gives them the reward and appreciation they deserve

@frankocean6676 3 года назад

@@bornoflightningthunder8162 well that makes him a good capitalist not a genius lmao

@Theguywithspectacles 3 года назад

@@frankocean6676 come on, don't be so political

@Waroyopfami 3 года назад

@@frankocean6676 learning rocket science by yourself seem like a genius thing tho

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Not really Daily but okay

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yes

@smartart6841 3 года назад

Is it really daily?

@abc4356 3 года назад

Can you do "Whatif electricity was never discovered, how we would be leading or lives especially these days"

@FunTime-wh2in 3 года назад

Freedom from online exams

@smartart6841 3 года назад

We mightve discovered an alternative

@nichsulol4844 3 года назад

some in future cargo and almost man managed to doing people sleep before anyone getting in spaceship

@shelby255 3 года назад

You mean like if nikola didn't exist

@mexicancat 3 года назад

What if you ate a hot Cheeto but the spice level never went away?

@bornoflightningthunder8162 3 года назад

I love how this guy makes paid promotion actually look interesting

@bornoflightningthunder8162 3 года назад

@@atharvabhujbal9505 I have already watched all of his videos long ago

@redeyes1775 3 года назад

you should watch oversimplified, he really blends the ad in with the video

@goldenwarrior334 3 года назад

@Swarup Mohanty what you mean he gets paid

@goldenwarrior334 3 года назад

I skip all them

@anftrew3775 3 года назад

Really?

@snc4278 3 года назад

Your channel is one of my favorites. I used to have a science teacher that would reserve 10 minutes of class a day to let us ask what if questions. It was everyone’s favorite part of class.

@kushagra6537 3 года назад

He has more content than my science book😂😂😂

@scythov 3 года назад

ikrrr school science books suck infront of this channel xd

@paulatreides9806 3 года назад

Yeah duhh

@catgirl_ava 3 года назад

NASA:plans to go to mars in 2035 Russia: ._. World:Ah shit here we go again

@user-vh5rl9ug7g 3 года назад

Russia be like : *Bruh*

@josemesquita9354 3 года назад

China would be like: "is that a CHALLANGE?"

@welewele7284 Год назад

@@josemesquita9354 challenge about: who will dominate mars in the future (the good news: at least they are competing to go to mars, put their energy to something else, not make war here at earth)

@FunTime-wh2in 3 года назад

My heart : woah! I want to spacetravel My body : no, who wants to lose their energy My brain : SHUT UP! today is your exam Edited : thanks for likes. It's true that my exams are coming Edited : my exam is over

@ilyaasissa7986 3 года назад

Lol

@youtube__girl_1177 3 года назад

Lol. 😂😂😂

@rajsarma4193 3 года назад

Same

@lipstick526 3 года назад

Best of luck for the exam

@soundpeople9673 3 года назад

Dropped with a what if advertisement Then gets hit with a RU-vid advertisement Rough 😂

@spoonimations5131 3 года назад

can you try “what if the Black Death was still on earth”?

@yeetmaster6643 2 года назад

It is, over 15 Americans get infected by it

@yeetmaster6643 2 года назад

._.

@kushagra6537 3 года назад

"Physics , Chemistry combined to help Elon Musk reach Mars" Summary of this video.

@nichsulol4844 3 года назад

so plutonium and deutrium is a just addictived to spent fuel

@spinmusicstudiosofficial 3 года назад

Take your "im early" tickets here

@friedpans4258 3 года назад

Ok chief

@littlescience6063 3 года назад

Thanks

@usmanjehangir1534 3 года назад

Claimed

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Yeah🤘

@user-en1mj8uc5f 3 года назад

Claimed. Thanks.

@mcphan6881 3 года назад

"What are the risks of nuclear propulsion?" Ask Chernobyl

@togzi7037 3 года назад

Lol

@Radialguy 2 года назад

Chernobyl reactor is from 60s smart one 😏 today nuclear reactors are much more safer.

@firmanhermawan7176 3 года назад

What if our James webb found alien in another solar system

@SRC267 3 года назад

We need rockets powered by light energy to reach mars in minutes.

@hades2679 3 года назад

I think you are misunderstanding light energy and light speed

@SRC267 3 года назад

@@hades2679 light speed is what I meant

@Yeah.316 3 года назад

@@SRC267 then edit the comment you dumbass

@hades2679 3 года назад

@@SRC267 Unfortunately we can't reach light speed, because when you increase the speed of something its weight increases, and by the time it reaches the speed of light, it has infinite weight, so it needs infinite energy to make it reach the speed of light.

@hades2679 3 года назад

there another thing called warp travel but it is not possible with current technology

@marakidask89 3 года назад

Hello from Greece!! I enjoy your videos, specially the ones about space! You've done a pretty good job with your channel! And your narration is so good!! Keep up the nice work!

@brianjohnson1601 3 года назад

What If : on the day we actually tried to use nuclear propulsion, it blew off half the planet during take off 😂

@satyajitghosh2004 3 года назад

Lmaooo

@Mass-produced 3 года назад

Lmao

@terryharris1291 3 года назад

The ideas that I have seen is that they would not be used for a earth take off,but the engines would be installed out in space.

@constantinethecataphract5949 2 года назад

The system is hybrid you first use a conventional rocket to get to low earth orbit then you use the nuclear propulsion

@thefoundingtitanerenyeager2345 Год назад

@@constantinethecataphract5949 use rocket fuel to get to moon fuel up on uranium go to Mars

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Cid Kagenoh wants to know your location

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yes

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ahhhhhh, this is the first time I've seen the man behind the what if voice! haha good stuff

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Based on his voice, I always thought he is way much more younger 😅

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@@kestutisi me too 😂

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Single and only last one from the world of unknown ...

@RuelMahindi-bf6ym 3 года назад

When he says"that's the story, of another, What if",now which other what if is that

@TheLavoix 3 года назад

What if we had Anti-matter powered rockets

@bornoflightningthunder8162 3 года назад

Did someone here watch ad astra?😎

@shawns0762 3 года назад

Anti-matter rockets are theoretically the best but I think they will always be science fiction, I agree with Michio Kaku that it will never be possible to make a rocket with it. If you want to see a realistic fission rocket concept watch "liquid plutonium rocket". The video also has info on the constant 1g acceleration method, with this a ship can get to Alpha Centauri in 3.6 ship/ 7.3 Earth years and have gravity the whole way (and that includes turning the ship around half way and decelerating). A 10 ton ship would need a mere 10 tons of continuous thrust.

@devanandshaji6573 3 года назад

As a kid I used to dream about this stuff.

@davidneville3647 3 года назад

Never would have thought that that is what he looks like behind that voice lol

@Alexander-bm9pe 3 года назад

What if all of planets in the solar system lined up in a straight line

@bornoflightningthunder8162 3 года назад

Planetary eclipse would occur

@thefoundingtitanerenyeager2345 Год назад

@@bornoflightningthunder8162 it probably happened before just extremely rare

@aidenisweirdok123 3 года назад

Take off: plants dead landing: crushes earth

@INTERESTINGTHINGSJCB 3 года назад

What if the richest man on earth give 1 million dollar to every person in the world?

@positivelifestylelifestyle2881 3 года назад

I would love to see that! Let's like this comments and maybe what if will make a video about.

@syedmustafa8086 3 года назад

Then Inflation will be on its peak!!!!

@demiryabanc776 3 года назад

Well rich boi time

@controlman7490 3 года назад

Then money would be worthless.

@demiryabanc776 3 года назад

@@controlman7490 true

@lordvoldemort253 3 года назад

you remind me of that podcast guy in 2012, the guy in the RV.

@SpecialNoobGaming 3 года назад

Hehe, still remembered that fella

@mattmalyj7964 3 года назад

Do what if we all drove on just the rims without our tires

@jonathangabel8216 Год назад

In the late 50s and 60s there were two projects, kiwi and nerva which were used to develop thermonuclear rocket engines. They were successful.

@koolerpure 3 года назад

The huge problem I see with our current rocket designs is that all of them are designed to be launched from earth, if we are gonna go to Mars like it was a vacation destination we’d need to design rockets with the sole purpose of being only space capable and completely skip the gravitational challenges that come with exiting and reentering an atmosphere

@thesunset5610 3 года назад

Me:OW YEAH, FİNNALY ITS HERE What if: Yes But actually no. Me: Aghhhhhhhh nooo. Yes Confused 🤔

@shelby255 3 года назад

Hmmm😂

@matthewvarela3771 3 года назад

Me: Wondering when the hell he started doing face reveals Comment Section: not talking about his face reveal Me: I must be trapped in 2018 and can’t get out

@avax8111 3 года назад

He has already shown his face many times in other videos

@Satellite_Of_Love 3 года назад

When did he start showing his face? That is a story for another "What If?".

@Cat-sl2uc 3 года назад

Next episode What if all the facts that shown on "what if" come true

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@naenaegod9455 3 года назад

This channel cracks me up cause the real answer for every hypothetical is death lol.

@smartocquaye8178 3 года назад

This video was just released today and it has already got around 24,000 views.

@eudora3870 3 года назад

Me:thinking if what mars look like in the future. Like huh I'm so far from the discussion😂

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The FitBod ad this guy showed was really unskippable. He explained it very well! By the way I got the yearly membership to FitBod!

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Good for you, I don't have money:(

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@Kturn2010 3 года назад

This “we’re going to Mars mission” keeps getting pushed back more and more.can you guys just not say we’re going until the YEAR OF at this point 😂😂ijs 😂ya breaking some hearts out here 😢

@IKEMENOsakaman 3 года назад

The problem is, how to make the rockets big enough to store the nuclear power

@shawns0762 3 года назад

If you want to see the best way to make a nuclear rocket watch "best method for interstellar travel" and "liquid plutonium rocket".

@aibelboby123 3 года назад

Truely impressive things are happening on this planet

@jshepard152 Год назад

Robert Zubrin argues that you shouldn't try to get to Mars faster because it throws you off a free return trajectory. Instead, you improve safety by using the extra propulsion to increase your payload.

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Me too

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You should do a video called “what if you could actually connect to Outriders servers” 😂

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@devchandra1847 3 года назад

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@christianlaguerta5990 3 года назад

This theory about nuclear powered rocket is lurking in my mind for almost half a decade. But i still didnt know how will it work.

@GaborSzitas22 3 года назад

Had this question for a long time in my head

@tanishka6114 3 года назад

I SWEAR send this guy to NASA he will change our lives . 🤯🤯

@Garden-sz8jb 3 года назад

Dude lemme make a bit of corrections - "This guy" is just the voice actor, What If is directed by a whole lotta other people - This stuff has already been discussed by NASA, the people at What If are just taking the public data and simplifying it for us - How do you even think these videos are made?

@tanishka6114 3 года назад

yeah didn't thought about that .

@kingcatusaur859 3 года назад

Mr what if narrator can you give a tip how to find a lost cat my was lost last week 😭

@Pervatasaurus797 3 года назад

Oh i am sorry i have also lost two cats😭

@maheshsajjan8841 3 года назад

People : What if we use Nuclear Power to.... Chernobyl : (visible frustration) Ahh shit.. here we go again

@Mta66. 3 года назад

What if our moon was the size of a baseball?

@statboi3874 3 года назад

Congrats to the early people who read this comment!

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Im not that early tho-

@Rapid-faster 3 года назад

what is inside a black hole

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i had this question for over a year now .... finally i get an asnwer. thank you !!

@playdead2159 Год назад

This is the best way to use this technology in constructive way rather than, wars shit.

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When you eat the shrimp tail

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Saw this pop up on my phone insta click

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Is this the first time I see this mans face always wondered who the person behind this voice looked like

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Me too

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Who one here thinks "I am first" 😂😂

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Please don't Addverise anything before, interval and after the video clip. Because it affect on your viewers and thumbs up button.

@firstguy2360 3 года назад

Waiting for this

@IshijimaKairo Год назад

Humans are not ready for this amount of Fun.

@kuysjess7821 3 года назад

when the ad feels another what if story.

@Marcelo-bw6sm 3 года назад

First person to comment

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@Spongebobisgood 3 года назад

Nice

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No one cares

@ChrisCredible5000 3 года назад

Are you sure?

@ciric2940 3 года назад

@@L.I.G.H.T. that is how Thanos should be lol

@Maky-vo7qs 3 года назад

Elon Musk is 👋👋👋👋 Pete. 😂 Still we die. haha

@welewele7284 Год назад

in the future, scientists should test the hydrogen fission propulsion engine in outer space (like ISS)... regulation to save the earth from the nuclear failure accident...

@Punchmadelite 3 года назад

Congrats to everyone who is early and who found this comment .

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I LIKE TO WATCH VIDEOS OF RIDDLE......THIS CHANNEL GIVES ME A CLR CONCEPT OF EVERY TOPIC IT ARISES

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It is what if channel

@MartinAleksanderAksnes Год назад

Nuclear Powered Rockets? Not great, not terrible. We need Warp engines!

@eric-jz9us 3 года назад

What If earth has been sliced into 2 pieces just like fruit ninja ?

@abhiramelati4811 3 года назад

congratulations on 5 million subscribers

@michaelissocool1822 3 года назад

In 2035 NASA Will send Humans to Mars SpaceX: *Am I joke to you?*

@randomvids2432 3 года назад

Awesome video❤️ i like this what if😅

@philwood5288 3 года назад

I have no problem with exploding bombs in space. Provided we start far enough outside of Earth, we won't even notice.

@JupiterVortex 3 года назад

“Have we used nuclear energy in space” Voyager space probe : *Its obv yes*

@vibhavkashyap4052 3 года назад

Yes we can use the chemical/fuel thing for putting the crew module into earth's orbit and then use nuclear energy for remaining travel just like the voyagers...idk.

@endergamerplayz100 3 года назад

finally we saw who is behind what if

@yashmitkaushik2758 3 года назад

What if our eyes we're not spherical.

@czxvo 3 года назад

What We Want To Happen : What The Government Uses It For : **Exploding Each Other**

@chnavadeep8257 3 года назад

What if we has nuclear powered rockets ELON MUSK:-Give me 2 days time

@soniasharma7932 3 года назад

Make a video on what if nuclear power was not discovered by humans? or what if nuclear energy didnot exist?

@Satellite_Of_Love 3 года назад

"In the not-too-distant-future..." Next Sunday A.D.? If NASA is that desperate to bring people to Mars, they should stop playing around with nuclear propulsion and just set the rocket to LUDICROUS SPEED!

@TslrEntertainment 3 года назад

What if colonisation never exist? And that's the story for another what if

@rowead 2 года назад

Love the random nature of the video scenes.

@darioshahmadi230 3 года назад

This guy could make quantum physics as easy as basic maths

@SmoKeYJoE024 3 года назад

Here's a "What If".... What if Pharoh succumbed to Moses? Would Egypt have been blessed? Would Egypt rule over the world? How would the Bible be changed? How would this have changed our present today? Edit: Happy Easter everyone. May God bless us all.

@tommiobispo6263 3 года назад

Suggestion: What if tires didn't need air? :D

@Alexander-bm9pe 3 года назад

What if all of the planets collided with each other

@dnhdfnfkrjxjxfjjggj3002 3 года назад

Thanks for the info, now I am gonna buy one at Amazon.

@karnasingh860 3 года назад

Next video" What if all humans and animals farts at the same time "

@thestrangerofmountains 3 года назад

I think solar sails or anti matter drives are a better choices than nukes.

@thefoundingtitanerenyeager2345 Год назад

Solar sails would only work on Mars and other inner plannets any planet after that they become absolutely obsolete also these would be more reliable and faster. A solar probe that was sent to an asteroid freezes to death proving their unreliability

@angieandjonsadventures1154 3 года назад

the stargate series used the same thing for multiple types of engines in their space craft that they developed(albeit its scifi but the science behind most of it was real, at least the theories they used)