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Ion Engines Could Take Us to the Solar Gravitational Lens in Less Than 13 Years


bject to another star is still the stuff of science fiction. But some concrete missions could get us at least part way there.

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Ion Engines Could Take Us to the Solar Gravitational Lens in Less Than 13 Years

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Electric propulsion systems like 'ion engines' could take us to the Solar Gravitational Lens - considered arguably the best current method to directly image and make out significant features on habitable exoplanets - in less than 13 years, suggests paper

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Ion Engines Could Take Us to the Solar Gravitational Lens in Less Than 13 Years