Fermi Explorer, a proposed low-cost private mission to Alpha Centauri, seeks to address a question that’s already been ...

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Reaching another star is one of the biggest challenges in space exploration. Even the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, is ...

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Fermi projects the trip would take a minimum of 80,000 years and cost just under $15 million, a relatively small budget for a space mission.

The target is Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our Sun, 4.4 light-years away. Fermi projects the trip would take a minimum of 80,000 years and cost just under $15 million, a rather meager ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — The nonprofit Fermi Explorer wants to send a small, solar-powered spacecraft to another star system by 2029. The ...

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