- Idea put forward by UC Santa Barbara physics professor, Phillip Lubin
- He wants to fire high-powered lasers onto sails on a wafer-thin craft
- Craft could be propelled to the red planet at 174.3 million miles per hour
- Has previously said that a large craft could get to Mars in three days
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