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Assuming a mission like Breakthrough Starshot is successful and gets to Alpha Centauri. How will the vessels transmit any useful information back to the solar system? Wouldn't they need a very strong transmitter for the radio signal not to get completely garbled by distance and interference?

by /u/Victuz in /r/askscience

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