[ExI] Breakthrough Starshot - To The Stars!

[Anders Sandberg]

On 2016-04-14 18:58, Adrian Tymes wrote:
>   They won't actually send anything beyond the solar system - not 
> "can't" but "won't".  They will rediscover that beaming energy over 
> such long distances really is less practical than having the thrust 
> source right there

Actually, the evil of the rocket equation makes external thrust sources 
really promising.

I have been keeping a loose eye at the topic for a number of years, and 
it looks like people involved actually do know their stuff. It is hard 
to achieve this, but it is not outside the laws of physics.


-- 
Anders Sandberg
Future of Humanity Institute
Oxford Martin School
Oxford University