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The Tuomi probe is designed to explore the recently confirmed planet Proxima b, the possibly habitable planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. Because it is only 4.2 light years away, I thought that this planet would be a good spot to base a new project on. This will show what Tuomi finds on that planet, which is a rocky world 1.5 times the size of Earth that is tidally locked and is covered by around 80 per cent water and ice in this project. The probe takes around 20 years to reach Proxima b, though not in one piece. Around 100 lightweight pieces were sent to the planet and assembled themselves once they arrived, each piece sailing on a laser that laser shone at them from Earth. This propels them at 20 per cent the speed of light, which would not be possible in heavier pieces. The probe sends all of Tuomi's findings to an orbiter, which sends them along a chain of about 500 signal strengtheners. The orbiter is shaped like a dish, which folds out from a pill-sized package inside a single laser-propelled carrier. All of the other laser sailors are pieces for the Tuomi probe.
The probe finds very little life on land, as it is bombarded with radiation from Proxima Centauri. This is worsened by the planet having no magnetic field, though its ozone layer is thick. After exploring the land for a few months and finding only rocks encrusted with a lichen-like growth, along with some bacteria and patches of soil, Tuomi's tiny but powerful computer decided to deflate its sac of helium and dive into the ocean. There, it found a diverse ecosystem with 4 kingdoms of multicellular life and tens of unicellular ones, an unexpected way for the probe to explore.

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The Tuomi probe is designed to explore the recently confirmed planet Proxima b, the possibly habitable planet orbiting Proxima Centauri. Because it is only 4.2 light years away, I thought that this planet would be a good spot to base a new project on. This will show what Tuomi finds on that planet, which is a rocky world 1.5 times the size of Earth that is tidally locked and is covered by around 80 per cent water and ice in this project. The probe takes around 20 years to reach Proxima b, though not in one piece. Around 100 lightweight pieces were sent to the planet and assembled themselves once they arrived, each piece sailing on a laser that laser shone at them from Earth. This propels them at 20 per cent the speed of light, which would not be possible in heavier pieces. The probe sends all of Tuomi's findings to an orbiter, which sends them along a chain of about 500 signal strengtheners. The orbiter is shaped like a dish, which folds out from a pill-sized package inside a single laser-propelled carrier. All of the other laser sailors are pieces for the Tuomi probe.
The probe finds very little life on land, as it is bombarded with radiation from Proxima Centauri. This is worsened by the planet having no magnetic field, though its ozone layer is thick. After exploring the land for a few months and finding only rocks encrusted with a lichen-like growth, along with some bacteria and patches of soil, Tuomi's tiny but powerful computer decided to deflate its sac of helium and dive into the ocean. There, it found a diverse ecosystem with 4 kingdoms of multicellular life and tens of unicellular ones, an unexpected way for the probe to explore.