Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems. The new findings detail ...
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First steps taken toward developing interstellar lightsailsThe concept is to use lasers to propel miniature space probes attached to "lightsails" to reach ultrafast speeds and eventually our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. Caltech is leading the ...
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Straight Out of a Sci-Fi Movie: Laser-Powered Spacecraft Could Travel Through Space in Record TimeThis once science-fiction concept is now becoming a reality thanks to groundbreaking research on laser-powered lightsails. Scientists at Caltech are working on ultrathin, laser-driven membranes ...
The concept is to use lasers to propel miniature space probes attached to "lightsails" to reach ultrafast speeds and eventually our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri. Caltech is leading the ...
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