March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... information phase and the second de-orbit phase of the research uniquely apply the same laser and photonic technology to produce both objectives from the same research effort. No single solution In recent years an international consensus formed...
08 May 2019
Tests start on first design of 'wafer scale' spacecraft
... here,” added Rupert. This slim, round disk, no bigger than a flattened muffin case, is being developed to use photonic technologies, I.e lasers, to propel it through space at relativistic speeds – a similar concept that has been proposed for the...