[ExI] Breakthrough Starshot - To The Stars!

Giulio Prisco giulio at gmail.com
Sat Apr 16 08:38:03 UTC 2016


Whose presentation did you see in person? You mentioned a Starshot's
Yuri's Night celebration, is that it? Where? Link?

G.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Having now seen his presentation in person - I still say it's likely to be a
> high-glitz, not-much-actual-spaceship, but not for lack of trying.  They've
> put serious thought into a lot of things (for instance, the high G I
> mentioned is a worry, but for the sail/array; they have MEMS sensors that
> can survive that acceleration).  But in the end, Yuri admitted he's doing
> this approach because it's cool.
>
> That said, they do have a chance - *if* they stick, rigorously, to the
> pattern they mentioned of starting with near-Earth spaceships, then going
> further and further out, with the eventual goal of an interstellar probe.
> They'll be forced to develop practical, even profitable, uses if they do
> that path - and once they have that, that'll clear their main non-technical
> obstacle.
>
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