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Achieving relativistic speeds with the use of lasers
Basic data about our spacecraft:
Basically, were using a laser as an engine.
Mass: 1000 tons.
Electrical power for the laser: 10 GW.
Efficiency of the laser(s) : 50%.
So first I calculated the ...
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Why would "Breakthrough Starshot" need photon thrusters?
Found here (italics added, bold in source):
Nanocrafts are gram-scale robotic spacecrafts comprising two main parts:
StarChip: Moore’s law has allowed a dramatic decrease in the size of ...
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