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Solar Sails Flashcards

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Define

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Small spacecraft propelled by the sun

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Breakthrough Starshot Initiative

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Aims to get a satellite to Alpha Centauri in 20 years

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Alpha Centauri

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Alpha Centauri is the closest star to our Solar System (besides the Sun)
41 trillion km away

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Drawbacks

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Dust and radiation may interfere

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Is this the best that we have for interstellar travel?

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Yes

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