So, What Happened to Project Breakthrough Starshot? Here's What We Know
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about some new updates about Breakthrough Starshot or the attempt to reach Proxima Centauri using lasers
Links:
https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/research/3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRFXV4Z6x8s
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20220004684
#starshot #breakthrough #space
0:00 Laser communication with Psyche
0:45 Project Breakthrough Starshot in a nutshell
2:00 Updates
3:35 Still very theoretical and won't happen soon
4:20 Comparisons of laser power
5:25 Physical problems
5:55 Lightsail materials
6:25 Simulations and experiments showing the perfect shape
7:30 The spacecraft
9:15 Concerns - power and communication
11:10 Receivers and what they would achieve
12:25 Lenseless cameras and antennae
13:30 Tracking beacon
14:50 Other issues and problems
15:15 Lasers are kind of impossible
16:20 Launch is cheap though
17:05 Too expensive
17:30 Why it won't happen...probably
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