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If they tried to do this with a spacecraft, wouldn't it need constant line of sight from earth with this technique? Seems interesting but pretty impractical for
by kosei 8y ago
If they tried to do this with a spacecraft, wouldn't it need constant line of sight from earth with this technique? Seems interesting but pretty impractical for that application, unless I'm reading the text incorrectly.
- EastLondonCoder 8y agoYou are right, can read more about one proposal here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot
- newnewpdro 8y agoAvi Loeb described this on ep. 40 of After On [1], it didn't sound entirely unrealistic as he described it. It's around 19 minutes into the interview, I see a sibling links Breakthrough Starshot, in this podcast he describes it on a high level. [1] https://after-on.com/episodes-31-60/040 https://after-on.com/episodes-31-60/040