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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by xbmcuser on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:52PM (#11484282)
If nothing else they might work out how to send larger probes to far out parts of our solar system that reach in days instead of months and years.
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Re:A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 ... by maxaf on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @06:56PM (#11484310)
This is exactly the point of long shot R&D: lesser milestones are useful in their own right. Who knows what else might come of it?
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