Project Dragonfly

Project Dragonfly. A Laser-Powered Probe to Alpha Centauri

Spacecraft to get to Alpha Centauri in 100 years at 5% the speed of light and a magnetic accelerator to slow it down.

a solar powered laser producing a beam of 100 GW is in the vicinity of the earth to propel a light-sail based spacecraft.

External link to the original scientific paper of Project Dragonfly