An Interstellar Precursor Mission

 L. D. Jaffe et al. (1980), JBIS, 33, pp.3-26

Refcode: 1980.33.3

Abstract:

EVEN BEFORE THE PIRST Earth satellites were launched in 1957, there was popular interest in the possibility of spacecraft missions to other stars and their planetary systems. As space exploration has progressed to the outer planets of the Solar System, it becomes appropriate to begin to consider the scientific promise and engineering difficulties of missions to the stars and, hopefully, their accompanying planets.