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NASA Selects a Wild Plan to "Swarm" Proxima Centauri With Thousands of Tiny Probes (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

According to Scott Manley's video on the topic the probes would need to arrive at the correct time in order to form what is effectively a huge phased array antenna.

Only then is the combined transmission power of these tiny probes large enough to be received on earth.

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