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#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion

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The Proxima Centauri Project, Yeah.

In terms of speed, in terms of trying to. travel close to the speed of light, do you think about what kind of propulsion would allow us to get to Proxima Centauri? You know, there's the project breakthrough star shot. That's looking at sending those tiny little chip sets and like, accelerating really fast. No part of that project is possible right now, but I think it's really exciting.

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