The date is Dec 31, 2099, the last day of the 21st century. The place is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star tucked into a corner of the Milky Way galaxy. A metal cylinder attached to a device that looks like an umbrella approaches the star at one-fifth the speed of light. As it zooms past, a tiny antenna transmits a stream of data. A little over four years later, the first close-up images of another star arrive back at Earth. Here, Peck discusses the feasibility of getting a spacecraft to another star before the end of the century.


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    Title :

    PROXIMA CENTAURI by 2099


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Aerospace America ; 54 , 4 ; 18


    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88
    Local classification TIB:    770/7040



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