Why Breakthrough Starshot May Never Happen [2020] (Collab with The Exoplanets Channel)
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Why Breakthrough Starshot May Never Happen [2020] (Collab with The Exoplanets Channel)
It is estimated that a 100 GW laser array will be needed. But 100 GW is a lot of power, or more like all U.S. nuclear power plants combined for 20 minutes for each Solar Sail multiplied by 1000. There are powerful lasers that could do the job, but they are massive and can only fire for extremely short periods of time. Now there is a technology currently being used by the U.S. military that could be the answer.
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