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World-renowned British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Tuesday teamed up with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in a 100-million-U.S.-dollar effort to make tiny spaceships capable of interstellar space travel.
Hawking and Milner made the joint announcement at a press conference held at One World Observatory in New York City Tuesday.
The project, dubbed ""Breakthrough Starshot,"" is a research and engineering program that aims to build laser beam propelled ""nanocrafts"" that can travel at 20 percent of lightspeed -- more than 1000 times faster than current fastest spacecraft.
According to Milner Authentic Tracy Walker Jersey , once the ""nanocrafts"" are built, they could reach Alpha Centauri, a star 4.37 light-years away, approximately 20 years in a fly-by mission.
Alpha Centauri is one of the closest star systems to the solar system and the current fastest spacecraft would have to spend 30 Authentic Kerryon Johnson Jersey ,000 years to get there.
The ""nanocrafts"" are gram-scale robotic spacecrafts consisting of two main parts: a computer CPU sized ""StarChip"" and a ""Lightsail"" made with metamaterials no more than a few hundred atoms thick.
Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking speaks at the "StarShot" project press conference at One World Observatory in New York, the United States, April 12, 2016. British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking announced here Tuesday he is teaming up with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and a group of scientists for a new "Starshot" space exploration program Authentic Frank Ragnow Jersey , which will build tiny spacecraft called "nanocraft" capable of reaching the Alpha Centauri star system in approximately 20 years after launch. (XinhuaLi Changxiang)
Although weighing just a few grams, the ""StarChip"" is a fully functional space probe, which carries various equipment including cameras, navigation and communication.
""The 'StarChip' can be mass-produced at the cost of an iPhone Authentic A'Shawn Robinson Jersey ,"" Milner said.
The ""nanocrafts"" can then be propelled into space by a powerful laser beam, which according to Avi Loeb, a theoretical physicist and panelist at the news conference, will carry a power of 100 gigawatt.
""This is the power needed to lift off a space shuttle Authentic Jalen Reeves-Maybin Jersey ,"" Loeb said.
Milner and the scientists believe that with the rising power and falling costs of lasers, the entire process is practical within a couple of years.
""Fifteen years ago, it wouldn't have made sense to make this investment. Now we've looked at the numbers, and it does Authentic Teez Tabor Jersey ,"" Milner said.
The project was part of the Breakthrough Initiatives first launched in July 2015 by Hawking and Milner, including a series of research plans to scan the 100 galaxies closest to the Milky Way in search for aliens. ""Starshot"" is its newest endeavor.
Hawking believes that human's innate sense to transcend limits is the driving force behind the project. ""Gravity pins us to the ground, but I just flew to America.""
While one cannot hear the joking tone through Hawking's voice synthesizer, his humor had been easily received.
Theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson (2nd, L) speaks at the ""StarShot"" project press conference at One World Observatory in New York, the United . Wholesale Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Online Cheap NFL Jerseys From China Cheap College Jerseys Cheap NBA Jerseys Online Cheap Baseball Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys
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