Unsolved:Project Forward (interstellar)

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Short description: Hypothetical technology
LightSail 2 with deployed solar sail

Project Forward was launched in 2011 with the purpose of exploring beamed energy propulsion. The project aims to analyze and assess past beamed-powered concepts, describe the construction of sail designs, and provide a starsail system concept. Challenges include lossy divergence of the beam as well as sail design at feasible sizes.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ DNews (10 April 2015). "Icarus Interstellar: Visions of Our Starship Future". https://www.seeker.com/icarus-interstellar-visions-of-our-starship-future-1769714561.html. 
  2. ↑ Interstellar, Icarus (2020-12-06). "Icarus Interstellar, Interstellar flight" (in en). http://www.icarusinterstellar.org/projects/project-forward. 



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