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Chinspinner
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Hi,
I am writing a piece which involves interstellar travel to nearby stars (Epsilon Indi being the one I will use in the following example.)
It will be via a beam/ sail craft accelerated/ decelerated by solar-powered lasers (and lenses along the route). The craft will use constant acceleration/ deceleration at 1g to/ from a sizable percentage of LS (say 60%), and when drifting in interstellar space will rely upon centripetal forces to produce gravity.
Travel times will be circa 15 years ship time and 25 years planet time. It will be in the future (although I will leave how far in the future ambiguous) so we will have some future technology, human lifespans will have increased by a reasonable margin (to 130 years or so) and there will be some sort of Induced Hibernation for large periods of the journey.
It can rely upon some suspension of disbelief, but what I am interested in are the practical obstacles to achieving this; or any suggestions which might make this method of travel more practically feasible.
Thanks in advance.
Chinspinner
I am writing a piece which involves interstellar travel to nearby stars (Epsilon Indi being the one I will use in the following example.)
It will be via a beam/ sail craft accelerated/ decelerated by solar-powered lasers (and lenses along the route). The craft will use constant acceleration/ deceleration at 1g to/ from a sizable percentage of LS (say 60%), and when drifting in interstellar space will rely upon centripetal forces to produce gravity.
Travel times will be circa 15 years ship time and 25 years planet time. It will be in the future (although I will leave how far in the future ambiguous) so we will have some future technology, human lifespans will have increased by a reasonable margin (to 130 years or so) and there will be some sort of Induced Hibernation for large periods of the journey.
It can rely upon some suspension of disbelief, but what I am interested in are the practical obstacles to achieving this; or any suggestions which might make this method of travel more practically feasible.
Thanks in advance.
Chinspinner