[NIAC 2024] Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back
When we'll be sending probes to other stars, getting there will be only one part of the challenge. How do we get the data back? So, NASA just funded a research that will be aiming to solve this problem through the NIAC program.
\n\n\U0001f449 NIAC Award "Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances"
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- 00:00 Intro \n
- 00:56 Applying for NIAC \n
- 02:54 The Idea \n
- 25:43 Imaging planets \n
- 30:06 Using tech in the Solar System \n
- 38:24 Laser technology \n
- 45:30 The reality of NIAC \n
- 51:19 Final thoughts \n
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