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Calculations of Particle Bombardment due to Dust and Charged Particles in the ISM on the Project Starshot Gram-Scale Interstellar Probe
Kelvin F Long
The Breakthrough Initiatives Project Starshot proposes to send a gram-scale laser driven spacecraft to the Alpha Centauri system in a 20 year mission travelling at v=0.2c. One of t…
A Critical Review on the Assumptions of SETI
Kelvin F Long
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) makes certain assumptions which guide all current search programs. To illustrate some, this includes (1) that interstellar fligh…
Interstellar Probes: The Benefits to Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kelvin F Long
Long range observations in the field of astronomy have opened up our understanding of the Solar System, the Galaxy and the wider Universe. In this paper we discuss the idea of dire…
The Andromeda Study: A Femto-Spacecraft Mission to Alpha Centauri
Andreas M. Hein, Kelvin F. Long, Dan Fries +11
This paper discusses the physics, engineering and mission architecture relating to a gram-sized interstellar probe propelled by a laser beam. The objectives are to design a fly-by…
PROJECT ICARUS: Son of Daedalus, Flying Closer to Another Star
K. F. Long, R. K. Obousy, A. C. Tziolas +4
During the 1970s members of the British Interplanetary Society embarked on a landmark theoretical engineering design study to send a probe to Barnard's star. Project Daedalus was a…