Add to ORKGIn the last few years, the concept that an ultra-lightweight probe could be sent to one of the nearby stars pushed by a laser beam reflecting from a lightweight sail has moved from science fiction into conceptual design. The Breakthrough Starshot project envisions a two- to three-gram "starchip" micro probe, flying past a planet of Proxima Centauri after a 20 year voyage. With the probe moving at 60,000 km/sec, the flyby encounter at the target planet lasts at most a few hours. With current technology, no power system exists that can produce the required power with a mass of less than one gram
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Planetary Science White PaperAstrophysical measurements at distances outside of 50 AU from the Sun e...
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