Solar sails aren't just a tool to send tiny spacecraft to Alpha Centauri. They can also be used to optimise exploration of the Solar System. 📜 BLISS: Interplanetary Exploration with Swarms of Low-Cost Spacecrafthttps://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11226🦄 Support us on Patreon:https://patreon.com/universetoday📚 Suggest books in the book club:https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club00:00 Intro01:08 Thousands of tiny solar sails03:58 Deployment plan10:28 Timeframe11:58 Communication with Earth15:15 How far can you go17:58 Long-term potential of solar sails26:37 Current obsessions29:10 Final thoughts and more interviews📺 VIDEO VERSIONhttps://youtu.be/5p6Ur7V4ZVM📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTERRead by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter🎧 PODCASTSUniverse Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIATwitter: https://twitter.com/fcainTwitter: https://twitter.com/universetodayFacebook: https://facebook.com/universetodayInstagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday📩 CONTACT FRASER[email protected]⚖️ LICENSECreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)