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[Interview] Swarms of Cheap Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration
30 minutes Posted Feb 19, 2024 at 11:00 pm.
Intro
Thousands of tiny solar sails
Deployment plan
Timeframe
Communication with Earth
How far can you go
Long-term potential of solar sails
Current obsessions
Final thoughts and more interviews
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Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara.
📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecraft
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226
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