If we achieve advanced nuclear, antimatter propulsion or other advance propulsion it would be possible to achieve near constant acceleration. This would enable travel times to Mars in the 3-8 day ...
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Why humanity may never escape the solar system, no matter how hard we try
Humanity has already flung machines into interstellar space, but sending people is a different problem entirely. The physics ...
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Why we still can’t reach the stars: brutal physics trapping us in the solar system
Humanity has learned to fling machines to the edge of the solar system, but the stars remain stubbornly out of reach. The ...
NASA’s experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit, using the pressure of sunlight to test a new way of propulsion through the cosmos. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System(ACS3) ...
The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...
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