Nia Imara: Breakthrough Discuss 2016 – Potential Risks (+ Rewards) of Dust for a 550 AU Mission

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The inaugural 2016 Breakthrough Discuss Workshop was held April 15-16, 2016 at Stanford University and sponsored by the Breakthrough Initiatives and the Stanford Physics Department. Breakthrough Discuss is a forum for scientists to present and discuss leading edge ideas in space exploration. The 2016 workshop focused on the following three areas:

1. Optical SETI and the Detectability of Directed Energy Systems – Chaired by Jill Tarter

2. Exo-planet Detection Programs Focused on Alpha Centauri – Chaired by Olivier Guyon

3. The Sun as a Gravitational Lens – Chaired by Avi Loeb

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