The telescope would then have a closer look at all of the candidatesĪnd send back information that we could use to narrow our choices.
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Stars, and send a huge-ass telescope halfway there (more or less). Pick an area of space with, say, three or four candidate We might be able to speed up the search, though, with a different kind With something like a super-Hubble-type device or the 1000 AU "solar lens" Isn't up to finding earthlike planets, though we may get there, perhaps Star, only to find that it had no interesting planets. This seems good to me, as it would be a pity to send men to an interesting Send one in advance to a system that we have chosen for a manned mission. Our own, out of pure curiosity (knowledge is never wasted), or we could We could send these to star systems without a star like We then have choices concerning unmanned missions (depending on budget Too bad ourįrail humanity can't stand much acceleration it makes these the slowest. Life as we know it, and these would be the manned missions. Would be in systems with a star much like our own, most likely to harbor I think we can all agree that our primary interest Once you start asking where you want to go and what you want to lookĪt, it seems reasonable to me that you begin to develop different designsįor different missions.
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One of the first steps in designingĪny vehicle is to define its payload, if only in terms of gross vehicle Previously considered what sorts of instrumentation would be consideredĮssential for the mission, as I've seen nothing about this here before,Īnd it would effect the final design. It's caused me to wonder already, if anyone has I like the idea of "defining the mission" it does give anotherĭirection for thought.