Last year, extraterrestrial exploration venture Breakthrough Initiatives announced an ambitious plan to send tons of tiny spacecraft to our nearest neighboring star system, Alpha Centauri. The project, called Breakthrough Starshot, is focused on launching lightweight ‘nanocraft’ to the stars at rip-roaring speeds.…
Source: Gizmodo – Researchers Just Launched a Prototype of Humanity’s First ‘Interstellar Spacecraft’