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Project Dragonfly (space study)
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Spaceflight portal</li><li>Space portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Interstellar_travel/fIIYxUKD">Interstellar travel</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Project_Daedalus/cWTC01HS">Project Daedalus</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Project_Icarus_(interstellar)/ogSomELe">Project Icarus</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spacecraft_propulsion/KmpMGU9u">Spacecraft propulsion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Beam-powered_propulsion/LxbRRAJU">Beam-powered propulsion</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Laser_propulsion/D9GPTFVT">Laser propulsion</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Leonard David, "Pushing the Boundaries: Initiative for Interstellar Studies" [1] <a href="http://www.leonarddavid.com/pushing-the-boundaries-initiative-for-interstellar-studies" target="_blank">http://www.leonarddavid.com/pushing-the-boundaries-initiative-for-interstellar-studies</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Next Big Future, "Project Dragonfly is competition to design interstellar laser sail probes that would be technological feasible by 2034 and launched by 2050" [2] <a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/09/project-dragonfly-is-competition-to.html" target="_blank">http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/09/project-dragonfly-is-competition-to.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Next Big Future, "Project Dragonfly is competition to design interstellar laser sail probes that would be technological feasible by 2034 and launched by 2050" [2] <a href="http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/09/project-dragonfly-is-competition-to.html" target="_blank">http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/09/project-dragonfly-is-competition-to.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Hein, Andreas. Project Dragonfly – Sail to the Stars" (Report). Retrieved 25 November 2022. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Hein, Andreas. Project Dragonfly – Sail to the Stars" (Report). Retrieved 25 November 2022. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>British Interplanetary Society, "Project Dragonfly – i4is Student Laser-Sail Design Competition Workshop" [3] <a href="http://www.bis-space.com/2015/06/09/14793/project-dragonfly-i4is-student-laser-sail-design-competition-workshop" target="_blank">http://www.bis-space.com/2015/06/09/14793/project-dragonfly-i4is-student-laser-sail-design-competition-workshop</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>British Interplanetary Society, "Project Dragonfly – i4is Student Laser-Sail Design Competition Workshop" [3] <a href="http://www.bis-space.com/2015/06/09/14793/project-dragonfly-i4is-student-laser-sail-design-competition-workshop" target="_blank">http://www.bis-space.com/2015/06/09/14793/project-dragonfly-i4is-student-laser-sail-design-competition-workshop</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Hein, Andreas. Project Dragonfly – Sail to the Stars" (Report). Retrieved 25 November 2022. <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721" target="_blank">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317491721</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Lubin, P. (2016). A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight. arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.01356. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Perakis, Nikolaos; Schrenk, Lukas E.; Gutsmiedl, Johannes; Koop, Artur; Losekamm, Martin J. (2016). "Project Dragonfly: A feasibility study of interstellar travel using laser-powered light sail propulsion". Acta Astronautica. 129: 316–324. Bibcode:2016AcAau.129..316P. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.09.030. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Nikolaos Perakis, Andreas M. Hein (2016). "Combining Magnetic and Electric Sails for Interstellar Deceleration", Acta Astronautica, 128, 13–20 <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Philip Lubin (2016). "A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight", JBIS Vol 69 No 02-03 <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Häfner, Tobias; Kushwaha, Manisha; Celik, Onur; Bellizzi, Filippo (2019). "Project Dragonfly: Sail to the stars". Acta Astronautica. 154: 311–319. Bibcode:2019AcAau.154..311H. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.05.018. <a href="/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Bibcode_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Solar Sail Wiki, "Project Dragonfly on Kickstarter" <a href="http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php/Project_Dragonfly_on_Kickstarter" target="_blank">http://wiki.solarsails.info/index.php/Project_Dragonfly_on_Kickstarter</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>