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Interstellar Travel IV: Solar, Magnetic, & Directed-Energy Sails


In our fourth installment in the Interstellar Travel series, we'll examine solar sails, magnetosails, and directed-energy propulsion (DEP), which are currently the most plausible methods for reaching another star system within a human lifetime.

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