starship interstellar2357: in stark contrast to mankinds hopes, violent astronomical events and the unregulated use of the new solar extraction technology have greatly accelerated the growth rate of our star during the recent decades. Now the Sun is nearing the end of its life cycle, and its fate as any other star of its category is to transform into a Red Giant. This will result in an exceptional increase in volume that will cause it to engulf Mercury, Venus, and