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Dr. Louis Friedman, director of the Planetary Society, a
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worldwide organization of space enthusiasts, says eventual
passengers will likely be robots or human genomes encod-
ed on a chip, due to the need to keep the craft light, like a
giant cosmic kite. In principle, it could tack like a sailboat.
Japan is already testing solar sails deployed from satellites
or rockets, although none are traveling anywhere yet.
These are visions for the long haul, advises Freeman
Dyson of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Green Burial
New Jersey. He remarks: “Think centuries or millennia, not
decades.”
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