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[NIAC 2024] Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back
53 minutes Posted Jan 22, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
Intro
Applying for NIAC
The Idea
Imaging planets
Using tech in the Solar System
Laser technology
The reality of NIAC
Final thoughts
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When we'll be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program.
👉 NIAC Award "Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances"
https://www.nasa.gov/general/swarming-proxima-centauri/
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