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.
? NIAC Award "Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances"
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00:00 Intro
00:56 Applying for NIAC
02:54 The Idea
25:43 Imaging planets
30:06 Using tech in the Solar System
38:24 Laser technology
45:30 The reality of NIAC
51:19 Final thoughts
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