Here in Hartford, Connecticut at the 44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's advanced propulsion technology group's leader Robert Frisbee spoke to Hyperbola on 21 July for a five minute interview about his design for an antimatter powered interstellar rocket that could reach solar systems up to 40-light years away within a human lifetime
In his Monday evening conference presentation Frisbee showed that due to acceleration and deceleration needs and the lack of a cruise period for flights to solar systems nearer than 40-light years the longer distance 40-light year journey would actually be quicker
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