December 16, 2021 updates Posted on December 16, 2021 by Doug Loss Design of a rapid transit to Mars mission using laser-thermal propulsion https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576521006305 Characterizing microlensing planetary system OGLE-2014-BLG-0676Lb with adaptive optics imaging https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.08030 Assessing TESS’s Yield of Rocky Planets Around Nearby M Dwarfs https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.08337 Detection of Ongoing Mass Loss from HD 63433c, a Young Mini Neptune https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05273