[Interview] Swarms of Cheap Spacecraft for Solar System Exploration

Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. How can we do that? Figuring it out with Alexander Alvara.📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecrafthttps://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro01:08 Thousands of tiny solar sails03:58 Deployment plan10:28 Timeframe11:58 Communication with Earth15:15 How far can you go17:58 Long-term potential of solar sails26:37 Current obsessions29:10 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/5p6Ur7V4ZVM📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads.Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT [email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)Support Universe Today Podcast