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Project Daedalus Could Be the First Realistic Interstellar Probe

Posted January 27, 2011 9:33 AM

From DVICE:

Forget about warp drives and wormholes, the Daedalus class of interstellar spacecraft could make it to a nearby star in our lifetimes, and it's doable with near-term technology. Also, it's huge.

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Re: Project Daedalus Could Be the First Realistic Interstellar Probe

01/27/2011 2:31 PM

Who would have dreamed that our first journey to the stars would rely on a series of atomic farts?
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