Penn Engineering (@PennEngineers) on X

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Interstellar travel may be one step closer. Researchers from @MEAM_Penn, @Penn_ESE, @Caltech and @UCLAengineering developed an ultra-thin light sail that could propel spacecraft using lasers. The breakthrough brings laser-driven space travel one step closer to reality. “Years

surely Voyager counts

@Hakari I'm thinking that, but also I think that neither are expected to still be transmitting data by the half way point. 📡 💤

@AlanTennant Exactly. That isn't part of the mission profile, it didn't influence any design decisions. "intended to return data" is decisively not met. The standard here is not "has Solar C3 > 0".