A cluster of recent theoretical papers has laid out mathematical frameworks for propelling spacecraft at speeds ranging from a significant fraction of the speed of light to, in the most ambitious ...
Researchers at Texas A&M University have demonstrated micron-scale 'metajets' that can be lifted and steered in three dimensions using laser light, a first for optical propulsion systems. The ...
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World-first light propulsion ‘metajets’ could enable 20-year mission to Alpha Centauri
Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions ...
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