[alfa015 (OP)]

As some of you might know, I have designed a crewed interstellar spacecraft that I call Solar One.

Basically, large flexible mirrors placed near the Sun would propel a one-mile light sail with a 4–crew spacecraft of 300 tons.

To decelerate, an on-board compact fusion reactor would power a photon rocket placed at the front of the spacecraft that would 1) help decelerate and 2) ionize space hydrogen for the nuclear reactor.

A Bussard scoop also placed at the front of the spacecraft would 1) collect those protons (ionized hydrogen) and 2) decelerate the spacecraft.

Solar One would achieve an average of 22% the speed of light, which would allow the crew to reach the closest potentially habitable exoplanet in less than 19 years.

Of course cryo-sleep and artificial gravity must be achieved first.

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[Halc]

No question is asked.  This post served only the purpose of advertising the personal links, which is against site rules.
Write a blog on your own site. Post any details of ideas you actually want discussed.

The above post is also a copy being posted to multiple sites, also against the rules.