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78 | Laser-sail interstellar probes

C | known-physics large engineering

Primary track: Space industry & off-world systems
Secondary: ENE / MAT

Bottleneck

Beam pointing, sail materials, comms

Backchain

  • Foundations I: W1 dynamics/control/information
  • Foundations II: W2 optics/materials
  • Specialization: Space industry & off-world systems

First proof of work

Beam/sail pointing/error/communication budget