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Laser could shoot probes to a nearby star

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 232; Issue: 3095 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0262-4079(16)31866-8

2059-5387

Timothy Revell,

Space Exploration and Technology

Earlier this year, billionaire Yuri Milner announced Breakthrough Starshot, an ambitious plan to send tiny probes through space at a fifth of the speed of light. To achieve the speeds required for interstellar travel, the spacecraft could use high-powered lasers shot from Earth. The principle is the same with the LightSail craft showed last year, but the sail's design will look completely different