The Evolving Development of Gadfly’s Photonic Propulsion System
Inspired by the psychological difficulties the F2M travelers faced on their long journey to Mars, and the work on the innovative “Starshot Program” (see https://www.space.com/32592-breakthrough-starshot-interstellar-laser-sail-challenges.html), some members of the UC Berkeley F2M team started calculating what the broad parameters of a system of sails/reflectors, lasers, telescopes, and solar panels would look like that could “zip” Read More …