Space Astronomy

[art0hur0moh]

[LordRaven]

If it launches December we should get some images in mid 2022, exciting times ahead Art.
This thing will see much further out, and in much greater detail than Hubble and all other current space telescopes.

[art0hur0moh]

[LordRaven]

Art old bean, have you any thoughts on the wafer thin satellites, not much bigger than mobile phones, satellites, that they are thinking of launching, and then accelerating by laser to andromeda?

Depending on the speed of acceleration achieved, and the time it takes radio etc to get back to us, we could get feedback within a lifetime.

Which would be incredible.

[art0hur0moh]

Art old bean, have you any thoughts on the wafer thin satellites, not much bigger than mobile phones, satellites, that they are thinking of launching, and then accelerating by laser to andromeda?

Depending on the speed of acceleration achieved, and the time it takes radio etc to get back to us, we could get feedback within a lifetime.

Which would be incredible.

Haven't heard of them before now? Don't think it would work, there is to much between there and here? Heard of light propulsion, still not clear on how it works well enough, especially beyond the solar systems outer limits? Remember how Papillion escaped the island? One source of propulsion i think insufficient for experimentation. Then there is the signals need for power. Voyagers use nuclear power and still had to power down to conserve energy.

[LordRaven]

Art old bean, have you any thoughts on the wafer thin satellites, not much bigger than mobile phones, satellites, that they are thinking of launching, and then accelerating by laser to andromeda?

Depending on the speed of acceleration achieved, and the time it takes radio etc to get back to us, we could get feedback within a lifetime.

Which would be incredible.

Haven't heard of them before now? Don't think it would work, there is to much between there and here? Heard of light propulsion, still not clear on how it works well enough, especially beyond the solar systems outer limits? Remember how Papillion escaped the island? One source of propulsion i think insufficient for experimentation. Then there is the signals need for power. Voyagers use nuclear power and still had to power down to conserve energy.

Apologies, I meant Alpha Centauri, not Andromeda --which would be impossible to get to by such a method.

Designed as a Light Sail for propulsion, it would also be a Solar Panel in order to power itself from any solar power, and that would include any Star it arrived at.

[art0hur0moh]

Art old bean, have you any thoughts on the wafer thin satellites, not much bigger than mobile phones, satellites, that they are thinking of launching, and then accelerating by laser to andromeda?

Depending on the speed of acceleration achieved, and the time it takes radio etc to get back to us, we could get feedback within a lifetime.

Which would be incredible.

Haven't heard of them before now? Don't think it would work, there is to much between there and here? Heard of light propulsion, still not clear on how it works well enough, especially beyond the solar systems outer limits? Remember how Papillion escaped the island? One source of propulsion i think insufficient for experimentation. Then there is the signals need for power. Voyagers use nuclear power and still had to power down to conserve energy.

Apologies, I meant Alpha Centauri, not Andromeda --which would be impossible to get to by such a method.

Designed as a Light Sail for propulsion, it would also be a Solar Panel in order to power itself from any solar power, and that would include any Star it arrived at.

still can't figure if it is the binary star in the constellation of andromeda? Even at the speed of light it would be unlikely we could reach another galaxy. I have a vague memory the closest star being 4 light years away 380km 5,200,000s? Still to many obstructions between there and here!