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astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited
Exploration of the outer solar system with fast and small sailcraft
Slava G. Turyshev, Peter Klupar, Abraham Loeb +4
Two new interplanetary technologies have advanced in the past decade to the point where they may enable exciting, affordable missions that reach further and faster deep into the ou…
astro-ph.IM2020★ 24 cited
Propulsion of Spacecrafts to Relativistic Speeds Using Natural Astrophysical Sources
Manasvi Lingam, Abraham Loeb
In this paper, we explore from a conceptual standpoint the possibility of using natural astrophysical sources to accelerate spacecrafts to relativistic speeds. We focus on light sa…