The machinery is still too bulky to be practical, and would need to be scaled down before it could be implemented. However, when lighter x-ray mirrors become standard, XNAV will be ready and waiting to guide spacecraft throughout the solar system and beyond.
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Original photo credit: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
More info: http://bbc.in/ZPatuL
Original photo credit: Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
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