From Interplanetary Light Sails to Sub-Millimeter Quantum Measuring w/ Ralph Bond

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This episode features Ralph Bond discussing advancements in interplanetary light sails and quantum measuring technologies.

Show Notes 3 April 2026 Researchers Develop Photonic Crystal Light Sails for Interplanetary Exploration National Today.com https://nationaltoday.com/us/al/tuskegee/news/2026/03/06/researchers-develop-photonic-crystal-light-sail-for-interplanetary-exploration/ Fuel-free interplanetary travel: Photonic crystal sail could help laser beams push spacecraft MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/fuel-free-interplanetary-travel-photonic-crystal-sail-could-help-laser-beams-push-spacecraft/ar-AA1XLjxK Design and manufacture of a photonic crystal light sail SPIE Digital Library https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-nanophotonics/volume-19/issue-04/046008/Design-and-manufacture-of-a-photonic-crystal-light-sail/10.1117/1.JNP.19.046008.full NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) NASA https://www.nasa.gov/mission/acs3/ How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison UCLA https://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/news/how-ucla-scientists-helped-reimagine-a-forgotten-battery-design-from-thomas-edison/ A Fast-Charging, High-Stability Nickel-Iron Battery via Protein-Induced Biomineralization Wiley Online Library…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Crossman

Guest: Ralph Bond

Topics covered

• interplanetary travel
• photonic crystal light sails
• quantum measuring
• spacecraft technology
• battery design
• distance measurement

Keywords

• photonic crystal
• light sails
• quantum laser
• spacecraft
• battery design
• distance measurement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, UCLA, MSN, SPIE Digital Library, Wiley Online Library, IEEE Spectrum

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