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Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?

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Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?
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Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.?
April 13, 2016 at 4:59 am (This post was last modified: April 13, 2016 at 5:06 am by Alex K.)
This is pretty cool: shooting small probes across  space by pushing them with lasers positioned near earth will allow to reach velocities unconstrained by the rocket equation. Near light speed becomes thinkable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/scienc....html?_r=0

NY Times Wrote:Within two minutes, the probes would be more than 600,000 miles from home — as far as the lasers could maintain a tight beam — and moving at a fifth of the speed of light. But it would still take 20 years for them to get to Alpha Centauri. Those that survived would zip past the star system, making measurements and beaming pictures back to Earth.
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Reaching for the stars, finally - will the young ones among us get pics of Alpha C.? - by Alex K - April 13, 2016 at 4:59 am

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