Interim Missions for Photon Sailcraft: How to Prep for Centaurus

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Feb 2007

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NEW TRENDS IN ASTRODYNAMICS AND APPLICATIONS III. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 886, pp. 235-238 (2007).

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Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, Lunar, Planetary, And Deep-Space Probes, Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Solar Electromagnetic Emission

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The photon sail is the current leading propulsion option for interstellar travel. We currently do not have the capability to conduct centuries-duration robotic interstellar-probe missions and millennial journeys aboard human-occupied worldships. This paper considers various mission options for the solar photon sail that are under consideration by NASA and other agencies and are nearer term than interstellar expeditions. These include solar observatories, terrestrial pole sitters, comet probes, application of sails in planetary aerocapture, heliopause extrasolar probes, solar-gravity-focus probes, and Oort Cloud explorers. Various sail configurations capable of supporting these ventures are discussed.

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