> They have no way for it to transmit or travel back though.

Well, they will be working on the transmitter.

And, as an unmanned probe, there is no need to come back.




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They have no way for it to transmit or travel back though.
On Apr 14, 2016 8:37 PM, "Glenn A. Walsh" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Laser-Propelled Nano-Space Probe to Reach Alpha Centauri in 20 Years?

“Breakthrough Starshot” intends to squeeze all the key components of a robotic probe—cameras, sensors, maneuvering thrusters and communications equipment—into tiny gram-scale “nanocraft.” These would be small enough to boost to enormous speeds using 100-gigawatt laser pulses, which would rapidly push a nanocraft to relativistic speeds.

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