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5y ago
The journalist's title is a bit misleading, Duplay doesn't suggest to ride the laser to Mars, but use a thermal laser propulsion shuttle as a slingshot, releasing the accelerated payload after less than half an hour of acceleratio
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Totof
5y ago
In fact Duplay uses the same laser to slow down the shuttle and bring it back to low earth orbit,for the next mission, while the payload alone is released and hurtles through space to Mars. The whole acceleration and payload release takes p