How To Go To Space (with XKCD!)

Do you want to go to space? Do you want to learn about bending computers and boxes that make clothes smell better and sky boats with turning wings? Then point your pointer here and press down: Hudson - http://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/thingexplainer Indie Bound - http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780544668256 Barnes & Noble - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thing-explainer-randall-munroe/1121864432?ean=9780544668256 Amazon - http://amzn.to/1GCXMJ5 Thanks to Randall Munroe (of XKCD, What If?, and Thing Explainer) and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for making this video possible! Link to Patreon supporters here: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters.html MinutePhysics is on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6 And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics And twitter - @minutephysics Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder Created by Henry Reich