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Let's take Voyager as an example. It weighs under 1000kg. 1 million Voyagers then weighs 1x10*9 kg. A 1km radius rock asteroid, which is nowhere close to the
by baggy_trough 5y ago
Let's take Voyager as an example. It weighs under 1000kg. 1 million Voyagers then weighs 1x10*9 kg.
A 1km radius rock asteroid, which is nowhere close to the maximum, weighs an order of magnitude more than this.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoSolar sails give you essentially free power to fly around the solar system. So it is just a matter of time. With millions of years (and sun burning out is not exactly a fast process), this is quite doable.