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[NIAC 2024] Swarming Proxima Centauri and Getting Data Back

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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"

https://www.nasa.gov/general/swarming-proxima-centauri/

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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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