Take me to Alpha Centauri, one day

• Autores: Anne-Marie Corley
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2931, 2013, págs. 8-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Chocolate, marshmallows and basalt rock aren't normally associated with interstellar travel. But all were involved in recent tests of DE-STAR, a laser technology that might, one day, propel spaceships bound for the stars. It is just one of the ideas presented last week at Icarus Interstellar's Starship Congress in Dallas TX--the first public meeting of the group, which aims to pursue designs for interstellar craft. Others include a 10-kilogram craft, a "Cubesat", and one that makes its own fuel from the hydrogen in the interstellar medium.