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Stuff like that usually in billions
by m3kw9 3y ago
Stuff like that usually in billions
- cryptoz 3y agoYeah it’ll take a lot of money for sure. Needs new propulsion like nuclear thermal or something to get to target distance in our lifetimes. Would be very expensive but I think cheaper per mission, if you start off with a plan to send a lot of them. Might take in full some tens or hundreds of billions. YC I am aware will not fund on that level haha, but maybe they would have an eye for wanting to start it off.
- floxy 3y ago>Needs new propulsion like nuclear thermal or something to get to target distance in our lifetimes. Here's a cool video describing solar sails that are supposed to be able to accelerate up to a final velocity of 22 AU/year, which get things to 550AU in 25 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFqDKRAROI&t=883s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFqDKRAROI&t=883s This video was based on the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08421 https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08421