Starshot spacecraft could explore solar system first
APR 14, 2016
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029738
Space.com : On 12 April theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner announced Breakthrough Starshot, a $100 million initiative to develop an ultralight spacecraft that could travel one-fifth the speed of light. Although the ultimate goal is to travel beyond our solar system to look for signs of life, the first trips will probably be to destinations much closer to home. Members of the Starshot scientific advisory team cited targets such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus and Jupiter’s moon Europa, both of which have liquid oceans beneath their icy surfaces.
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