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"For interstellar flight, the primary challenge is that the distances are so great," Greason explained. "Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light-years away; about 2,000 times further away from the sun than ...

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"Interstellar flight requires us to collect ... they repel each other which spreads the beam apart," explained Greason. But Greason and Bruhaug argue there are ways to counteract this.