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Originally Posted by alpal
Hi Alberto,
can I book a window seat on your spacecraft?
cheers
Allan
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haha yes, but 15 years in a small spacecraft will be hard
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Originally Posted by Kal
On a related topic, anyone else here heard of the Breakthrough Starshoot project? It was founded in 2016 by Stephen Hawking, Mark Zuckerberg, and Yuri Milner.
The goal of the project is similar to this one, albeit using spaceships that weigh just a few grams, literally. With a much more modest 100GW laser, and a small solar sail of just 5 square meters, they plan to launch these probes to speeds of 15-20% the speed of light in just 10 seconds at 10,000 g-force  |
Yes, they are conducting research on several of the issues mentioned for Solar One, such as protecting the spacecraft from dust and micro-asteroids.
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Originally Posted by Imme
Really impressive video....well done, today’s ideas are tomorrow’s reality.
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Thanks a lot !
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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Interesting and who knows who may be inspired and contribute such that at some point in the future what seems fantasy today can become a reality.
I applaud you for working on the matter.
Good luck.
Alex
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Thank you very much.