/sci/ - Science & Math

Would you live on a spaceship forever?

Alright OP aerofag coming through everyone stand aside
There are a few things wrong with this, but less than you might expect, ground based laser propulsion is actually beginning to look more and more feasible
The main problem I see is that I see no mention of how to get this data back to earth, the smaller the probe is the harder that will be
The 100 million dollar price tag is no where near accurate
Mark zuckerburg seems to thing that humans can't live on mars which is quite wrong

Let f(x,y) = (2x,3y) for all (x,y) in R^2
Let A = { (x,y) : x^2 + y^2 <= 1 }
find f[A] and f^-1[A]