Fermi Explorer Plans $15 Million Mission to Alpha Centauri by 2029
The Fermi Explorer Mission, a nonprofit led by Starcloud co-founders, plans to launch a small probe toward Alpha Centauri by 2029.
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Starcloud Founders Plan 80,000-Year Interstellar Mission to Alpha Centauri
Starcloud co-founders Philip Johnston, Adi Oltean, and Ezra Feilden have formed a non-profit to launch the Fermi Explorer, a small spacecraft bound for Alpha Centauri.
Alpha Centauri: How Laser Sails Could Reach Our Nearest Star in Decades
Alpha Centauri sits 4.24 light-years away, yet modern spacecraft would need roughly 75,000 years to cross the gap. While Breakthrough Starshot studies laser-sail concepts to reach … Read more