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Question 3 5 pts You can help the Starshot Breaktrough Initiative in sending a craft to the nearest star Proxima Centaur
Posted: Fri May 06, 2022 12:11 pm
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Question 3 5 pts You can help the Starshot Breaktrough Initiative in sending a craft to the nearest star Proxima Centauri. The design includes a small chip mounted on a solar sail that is propelled by shinning a sustained laser beam from Earth on it to achieve speeds up to a fraction of the speed of light. Let's suppose you want the craft to achieve 16.4 % the speed of light in one year. The mass of the chip is 3.11 grams and the mass of the sail is negligible. You can shine a laser with an intensity of 46 kW/m². What is the area of your sail in meters squared?