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[Interview] Swarms of Cheap Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration
Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara.📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecrafthttps://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro01:08 Thousands of tiny solar sails03:58 Deployment plan10:28 Timeframe11:58 Communication with Earth15:15 How far can you…
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