Interstellar Escape from Proxima b is Barely Possible with Chemical Rockets
Popular Physics
2018-04-12 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract
A civilization in the habitable zone of a dwarf star might find it challenging to escape into interstellar space using chemical propulsion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1804.03698,
title = {Interstellar Escape from Proxima b is Barely Possible with Chemical Rockets},
author = {Abraham Loeb},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.03698},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
3 pages, accepted for publication in Scientific American