Freeman's speech was interesting in that regard. He doesn't think Alpha Centauri is a reasonable target for this project and according to him it should not be

Freeman's speech was interesting in that regard. He doesn't think Alpha Centauri is a reasonable target for this project and according to him it should not be advertised as such. But he does think that using this technology to send probes in very deep space could both tell us more about what there is over there and help us improve the technology to go beyond and thus to the actual stars.