«Eventually, every mission that NASA does may carry these sorts of nanocraft to perform various measurements,» he says. (scientificamerican.com)
It proposes to use the $ 100 million to learn whether it's possible to use a 100 - gigawatt light beam and light sails to propel some 1,000 ultra-lightweight nanocraft to 20 % of light speed. (earthsky.org)
Scientists hope the vehicles, known as nanocraft, will eventually fly at 20 percent of the speed of light, more than a thousand times faster than today's spacecraft. (entrepreneur.com)