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Not a physicist, but for what is worth, my understanding is it's fairly realistic we could send probes to Alpha Centauri within a human lifetime or so using an
by maxbond 4y ago
Not a physicist, but for what is worth, my understanding is it's fairly realistic we could send probes to Alpha Centauri within a human lifetime or so using an approach like Breakthrough Starshot (regardless of whether that particular project succeeds).
https://youtu.be/fsARBnvUB2E https://youtu.be/fsARBnvUB2E
- lll-o-lll 4y agoYes, there is still plenty to explore in the near-medium term. I’m also very excited about the proposal to use the sun’s gravitational lensing as a method of imaging distant planets. Might even see that one in my lifetime.