🚀Thousands of small solar sails will be launched to explore asteroids and comets in the solar system.
💰Each spacecraft will cost about $1000 and will utilize off-the-shelf components.
📸The mission aims to provide valuable images and samples of celestial bodies that have not been visited before.
🌌The solar sails will use agile maneuvers to capture material from comets and study asteroids up close.
🛰️The spacecraft will communicate the collected data back to Earth using lasers and relays.
How many spacecraft will be launched?
—Thousands of small solar sail spacecraft will be launched.
What is the cost of each spacecraft?
—Each spacecraft will cost about $1000.
What is the mission of the spacecraft?
—The mission aims to explore thousands of asteroids and comets in the solar system and provide valuable images and samples.
How will the solar sails capture material from comets?
—The solar sails will use agile maneuvers to intercept the plumes of comets and capture fine particles.
How will the data be transmitted back to Earth?
—The spacecraft will communicate the collected data back to Earth using lasers and relays.
00:00Engineers are planning to launch thousands of small solar sail spacecraft to explore asteroids and comets.
01:19The spacecraft will cost about $1000 each and will utilize off-the-shelf components.
06:08The solar sails will use agile maneuvers to capture material from comets and study asteroids up close.
10:30It will take about 125 days for the spacecraft to reach their targets.
12:06Communication with the spacecraft will be established when they return to Earth's proximity.
