Smallsats + solar sails = Photos of exoplanets at 1970s digital camera resolution
Sundiver spacecraft could snap the first surface pics using solar lens
It's time to stop hemming and hawing about the monetary and temporal costs of exploring the outer solar system and beyond, say an international group of boffins. We've all the materials we need to do it faster and cheaper by combining modern smallsats with solar sails, and the end result could be actual photographs of exoplanets.…