期刊
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL
卷 155, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aaafd2
关键词
relativistic processes; space vehicles
资金
- NASA NIAC [NNX15AL91G, NNX16AL32G]
- NASA California Space Grant [NASA NNX10AT93H]
- Breakthrough Starshot program
- NASA [800306, NNX15AL91G] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
Achieving relativistic flight to enable extrasolar exploration is one of the dreams of humanity and the long-term goal of our NASA Starlight program. We derive a relativistic solution for the motion of a spacecraft propelled by radiation pressure from a directed energy (DE) system. Depending on the system parameters, low-mass spacecraft can achieve relativistic speeds, thus enabling interstellar exploration. The diffraction of the DE system plays an important role and limits the maximum speed of the spacecraft. We consider photon recycling as a possible method to achieving higher speeds. We also discuss recent claims that our previous work on this topic is incorrect and show that these claims arise from an improper treatment of causality.
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