Re:NASA Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet
by arethuza on Friday July 12, 2013 @06:35AM
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Well, if we really wanted to we could probably hack something together along the lines of the Project Orion designs right now, but it would be hugely expensive and pretty messy so I can't see anyone doing that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Orion_%28nuclear_propul...
I suspect if we do send out interstellar probes they will be tiny rather than flying battleships:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starwisp