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[Interview] Punching NanoHoles in Light Sails Can Bring Us Closer to Alpha Centauri

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Launching Breakthrough Starshot light sail probes to Alpha Centauri requires a lot of new tech, including the actual light sails. How do you make the optimal material to maximize the size with minimising mass? Finding out in this interview.

😍 [Interview+] Same video. No YT ads.
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🟣 Guest: Lucas Norder
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/staff/l.norder/

📜 Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57749-y

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:11 Current state of tech

  • 04:58 Nano-holes in reflective material

  • 11:08 Manufacturing techniques

  • 14:23 Practical applications

  • 20:58 Possible prototypes

  • 25:57 Current obsessions

  • 30:21 Final thoughts

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⚖️ LICENSE
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Manage episode 486493361 series 2513416
Content provided by Universe Today Podcast and Fraser Cain. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Universe Today Podcast and Fraser Cain or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Launching Breakthrough Starshot light sail probes to Alpha Centauri requires a lot of new tech, including the actual light sails. How do you make the optimal material to maximize the size with minimising mass? Finding out in this interview.

😍 [Interview+] Same video. No YT ads.
https://www.patreon.com/universetoday

🟣 Guest: Lucas Norder
https://www.tudelft.nl/en/staff/l.norder/

📜 Pentagonal photonic crystal mirrors: scalable lightsails with enhanced acceleration via neural topology optimization
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57749-y

  • 00:00 Intro

  • 02:11 Current state of tech

  • 04:58 Nano-holes in reflective material

  • 11:08 Manufacturing techniques

  • 14:23 Practical applications

  • 20:58 Possible prototypes

  • 25:57 Current obsessions

  • 30:21 Final thoughts

📺 VIDEO VERSION
https://youtu.be/iHLm9oHMsyM

📰 GUIDE TO SPACE Newsletter
No ads. Subscribe for FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter

🎧 PODCASTS
Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/
Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/

📩 CONTACT FRASER
[email protected]

⚖️ LICENSE
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Support Universe Today Podcast

  continue reading

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