Ottawa: – Researchers at the McGill University in Canada have claimed that it may be possible to reach Mars from Earth in just 45 days. As of now, this travel has taken nearly nine months. But as per researchers in Canada, this journey could be completed in one and a half months using Laser Thermal Propulsion System.
In the last few years, leading countries and entrepreneurs like Elon Musk have announced ambitious plans to travel to Mars. These include the United States, China, United Arab Emirates, and India. Cryogenic Liquid Oxygen and solar energy are used in the space crafts sent to Mars. Efforts are being made to power these spacecraft with nuclear energy.
Against this background, Emmanuel Duplay, from the McGill University in Canada, presented the concept of Directed Energy Propulsion using Laser. The plan presented by Duplay envisages generating energy by firing Lasers on the Photovoltaic Arrays installed on the spacecraft to accelerate. The Canadian researchers claimed that the spacecraft will travel at much higher speeds with the energy generated with Laser Thermal Propulsion System and will reach Mars much earlier.
A few years ago, the group Breakthrough Initiative presented a plan to power spacecraft using a Laser with 100-Gigawatt capacity.
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