April 2, 2018 updates Posted on April 2, 2018June 28, 2020 by Doug Loss PROCSIMA: Diffractionless Beamed Propulsion for Breakthrough Interstellar Missions https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2018_Phase_I_Phase_II/PROCSIMA Update on the Worsening Particle Radiation Environment Observed by CRaTER and Implications for Future Human Deep‐Space Exploration https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017SW001803 Kepler’s Earth-like Planets Should Not Be Confirmed Without Independent Detection: The Case of Kepler-452b https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11307 Dicover and access GAPS Time Series: prototyping for interoperability https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11429 Super-Earths in need for Extremly Big Rockets https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.11384