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Small Interstellar Probe Sets Sights on Alpha Centauri With a $15 Million Price Tag

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Source: Gizmodo
Small Interstellar Probe Sets Sights on Alpha Centauri With a $15 Million Price Tag
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A Seattle nonprofit’s Fermi Explorer Mission plans a 1-kg probe to Alpha Centauri by 2029, using solar-electric propulsion and a 12-year Sun-orbit to reach escape velocity, then travel interstellar distances. The 4x4x4 inch payload will include a digitized Golden Record and messages from children; the mission is expected to cost under $15 million and could take up to 80,000 years, aiming to inspire future generations rather than be completed within one lifetime.

Topics:science#alpha-centauri#golden-record#interstellar#solar-electric-propulsion#space-and-spaceflight#space-industry
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  1. This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It’ll Only Cost $15 Million  Gizmodo
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  3. How AI plotted an interstellar journey to Alpha Centauri  MIT Technology Review
  4. Starcloud founders plot $15 million mission to Alpha Centauri  SpaceNews
  5. Philip Johnston: AI Designed Humanity's First Interstellar Probe in a Week for $15M  finance.biggo.com

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