The date is Dec 31, 2099, the last day of the 21st century. The place is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star tucked into a corner of the Milky Way galaxy. A metal cylinder attached to a device that looks like an umbrella approaches the star at one-fifth the speed of light. As it zooms past, a tiny antenna transmits a stream of data. A little over four years later, the first close-up images of another star arrive back at Earth. Here, Peck discusses the feasibility of getting a spacecraft to another star before the end of the century.
PROXIMA CENTAURI by 2099
Aerospace America ; 54 , 4 ; 18
2016
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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