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Abstract
In 2016 the Breakthrough Prize Foundation initiated the Breakthrough Starshot program. The programs approach is to construct 100 GM class ground-based lasers to propell a space-based light sail to sub-light velocities enabling a several decade trip and flyby of the Alpha Centauri star system and return via laser-light communications link images and other scientific data on planets in that system. This paper reviews challenges and progress on this program.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Laser Propulsion in Space: Fundamentals, Technology, and Future Missions |
Editors | Claude Phipps |
Place of Publication | Online |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Chapter | 2 |
Pages | 39-70 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-443-15903-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 0443159025 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
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Breakthrough Starshot Laser Cost Study
Bandutunga, C., Chow, J., Ireland, M. & Sibley, P.
1/07/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
Research output
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- 1 Article
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Photonic solution to phase sensing and control for light-based interstellar propulsion
Bandutunga, C. P., Sibley, P. G., Ireland, M. J. & Ward, R. L., May 2021, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 38, 5, p. 1477-1486 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
21 Citations (Scopus)