Solar and electric sailing: stepping tones to the stars | Les Johnson at Breakthrough Discuss 2018

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Channel: Breakthrough · 2018 · Science & Technology

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Les Johnson of NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center talks about solar and electric sails - technologies that could enable rapid exploration of nearby interstellar space as precursors for true interstellar missions like Breakthrough Starshot.

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