Project Dragonfly (space study)

The objective was to design a spacecraft that is capable of reaching Alpha Centauri within 100 years using existing or near-term technologies and a beam power below 100 GW.

[5] Four teams presented their designs at the final workshop at the British Interplanetary Society in London in July 2015.

[6][5] The team of the WARR of the Technical University of Munich won the competition.

[7] Results of the competition have subsequently been published in peer-reviewed journals.

[1][8][9][2] The competition has been accompanied by a Kickstarter campaign that was supported by space artists such as David A.

Rendering of the Dragonfly-Probe: This concept won the Project Dragonfly Design Competition. Its sail is not depicted to scale, [ 1 ] it would be kilometres across. [ 2 ]