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Interstellar flyby scientific data downlink design
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
The design of a downlink communication system for returning scientific data from an interstellar flyby probe is reviewed in this tutorial white paper. It its assumed that the probe…
Optimal mass and speed for interstellar flyby with directed-energy propulsion
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
The design of mission scenarios for the flyby investigation of nearby star systems by probes launched using directed energy is addressed. Multiple probes are launched with a fixed…
Model Optimization for Deep Space Exploration via Simulators and Deep Learning
James Bird, Kellan Colburn, Linda Petzold +1
Machine learning, and eventually true artificial intelligence techniques, are extremely important advancements in astrophysics and astronomy. We explore the application of deep lea…
Relaying Swarms of Low-Mass Interstellar Probes
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
Low-mass probes propelled by directed energy from earth are an early option for exploration of nearby star systems. A challenging aspect of such technology is returning scientific…
Advances in Deep Space Exploration via Simulators & Deep Learning
James Bird, Linda Petzold, Philip Lubin +1
The StarLight program conceptualizes fast interstellar travel via small wafer satellites (wafersats) that are propelled by directed energy. This process is wildly different from tr…
Technological Challenges in Low-mass Interstellar Probe Communication
David Messerschmitt, Philip Lubin, Ian Morrison
Building on a preliminary paper design of a downlink from a swarm of low-mass interstellar probes for returning scientific data from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, the most crit…