In a recent paper, the author showed how a mission to the Sirius system would enable the abilityto use the gravitational lens properties of the Sirius star system to map the entire universe with aprimary objective diameter of 11 million kilometers. The analysis indicated that employing theLense-Thirring Effect in conjunction with the gravitational lensing effect enabled full-scopeinterrogation of the universe by employing frame-dragging principles. It is possible that thenature of white dwarfs may allow investigation across the electromagnetic spectrum from radiothrough X-ray frequencies with no frequency cut-off because there is effectively no photosphereand no corona associated with a white dwarf. However, a major technological issue is realisticpropulsion options to enable the mission. This paper reviews earlier findings on the missionitself, and proceeds then investigates various propulsion approaches, focusing on the Mini-MagOrion technology investigated by the author with Andrews Space and Technology while theauthor was at Sandia National Laboratories. The paper analyzes potential of this technology tofulfill such a mission in the next thirty-fifty years. We start with a review of the proposedconcept and complete with a review of potential propulsion options for a cosmological mappingmission.
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