Breakthrough Starshot Advances Lightsails

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Breakthrough Starshot Initiative

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Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail

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Researchers at Caltech measure force of laser light on tiny "ultrathin membranes" Researchers say they could help advance the Breakthrough Starshot Initiative's vision of laser-driven space travel.

Lightsails are a more generic form of solar sails, in that they use radiation pressure from a light source to generate propulsion.

The team hopes to integrate advanced nanomaterials and metamaterials to stabilize lightsails during their journey.

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