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David Brin

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Alpha CubeSat will deploy the first-ever free-flying, retroreflective light sail. Its tiny ChipSat computers also allow Alpha to be the smallest light sail yet. Someday, we may send an entire fleet of these light sails to other stars. alphacubesat.cornell.edu/lightsail.html https://alphacubesat.cornell.edu/lightsail.html

2025-12-02T17:41:31.433Z