@museumofscience: Could the future of space travel involve a giant laser propelling tiny spacecraft at 20% of the speed of light? This idea was recently selected by NASA for further development and could enable a trip to our nearest neighboring star in around 20 years! #Space #NASA #Star #SpaceTok

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Stefano_Cina :

are they using a lightsail? The Planetary Society's Lightsail cubesat mission over a decade ago was a success. This seems like a scaled up version.

2024-02-12 21:45:41

I am NOT actually Tom :

definitely should be sending out tiny drones in space

2024-02-13 14:32:02

Randolph D :

I remember reading about this a while back. if I remember right the trip out wasn't all that hard, transmitting back was an issue.

2024-02-13 01:03:07

vivracious :

we would need a hundred of the most powerful nuclear plants to power it according to the study

2024-02-12 23:04:17

Corsos and Kittens 2.0 :

To the Tardis!

2024-02-13 03:14:17

George With a J :

😳😳😳

2024-02-12 21:32:02

lazy12345628 :

😳😳😳

2024-04-02 20:06:40

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