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The 1km^2 figure in the article was for the receiving “antenna” on earth. It doesn’t give a figure for the size of the sails, but Breakthrough Starshot’s equiva
by robin_reala 3y ago
The 1km^2 figure in the article was for the receiving “antenna” on earth. It doesn’t give a figure for the size of the sails, but Breakthrough Starshot’s equivalent swarm members were going for 4m^2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot#Light_sail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Starshot#Light_sa...