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1970s proposal for an interstellar probe
Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible uncrewed interstellar probe. Intended mainly as a scientific probe, the design criteria specified that the spacecraft had to use existing or near-future technology and had to be able to reach its destination within a human lifetime. Alan Bond led a team of scientists and engineers who proposed using a fusion rocket to reach Barnard's Star 5.9 light years away. The trip was estimated to take 50 years, but the design was required to be flexible enough that it could be sent to any other target star. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: The DAEDALUS project, developing institutional repositories at Glasgow University: the story so farCited 10 times
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- 📕Project DaedalusProject Daedalus Study Group. · 1978
- 📕Project Daedalus · 1981
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