Breakthrough Starshot

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12/04/2016 at 16:45 #7020

Blaze Strife
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http://livestream.com/accounts/18650072/events/5143435

They are talking about a small probe that will be able travel at 20% of the speed of light. It would reach Pluto in 3 minutes, and Alpha Centauri in 20 years.

12/04/2016 at 16:59 #7022

Maurice Allard
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Sending a cell-phone sized piece of equipment .2c would require a lot of photons. Just saying.
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