Has anyone heard of any plans for a extra solar system probe? i read some time ago about they might use the Ares 5 to get it out there.
I think I've posted this link before. You're probably aware of it, but here goes anyway:
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~diedrich/solarsails/docs/Near-term_beam_sail.pdf
I had not seen this before, Nigel; thanks!
An interstellar medium mission makes a lot more sense if it's dual-utilized as a technology demonstrator; like it!
It would be nice...I would like to see a quickie flyby of Uranus or Neptune in the process (although such a high-speed encounter would be far from optimum, if there is a spacecraft actually going, that is better than a better designed encounter that never happens).
That is an interesting read apart from the more well-known fictional works of one of the authors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford
There are some infos on the Ares launched interstellar probe and other possible missions http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12201
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