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Starshot
List of our recent Directed Energy related publications: DE_STAR_and_related_References
Breakthrough Starshot Announcement – April 12 – 2016
Official Webpage for Breakthrough Initiatives
Articles by Scientific American (Front Page March 2017 and April 2016), Wired, Popular Science, and The Economist
Breakthrough Interview on Photon Propulsion
What makes photon propulsion feasible
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Video Interview with TIME Magazine – Nov 7, 2015
Time – Inside the Plan to go to the Stars
An online photon propulsion calculator is available Here.
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