Recent content by SpaceCaseAli

Gravity assist could happen if you're sending them in packages, basically like cluster bombs. Or perhaps you build a cubesat factory that would build them out of raw materials and you just load up the raw materials and send it in one giant package. May require less fuel that way because you...

So, how many pixels are we talking here then? What's our pixel count? Are we talking 800×600, so, 480,000 satellites flying in formation. I don't see that giving enough detail to make it useful. If we're talking about 1km/pixel (using the Proxima B example). Maybe 1280x720? 921,600 satellites...

I firmly agree but maybe for different reasons... I think getting there would not be the problem. We have newer technology and better understanding and more powerful computers so we can be much more accurate about gravitational assists from large bodies like planets than we did in the 70s...