Radical NASA Propulsion Concept Could Reach Interstellar Space in Under 5 Years

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Proposed 'pellet-beam' propulsion system could get us to interstellar space in 5 years. The concept was awarded an early-stage US$175,000 NASA grant earlier this year. It would use lasers to propel a spacecraft into interstellar space. The spacecraft orbiting Earth would then shoot a beam of tiny particles at the interstellar spacecraft.

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Radical NASA Propulsion Concept Could Reach Interstellar Space in Under 5 Years

A newly proposed propulsion system could theoretically beam a heavy spacecraft to outside the confines of our Solar System in less than 5 years – a feat that took the historic Voyager 1 probe 35 years to achieve.

2 months ago·Australia

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