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Breakthrough Starshot

Breakthrough Starshot was a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives program to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail interstellar probes named Starchip, to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.34 light-years away. It was founded in 2016 by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark Zuckerberg.

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Breakthrough Starshot

Nodes80
Edges79
Triples42
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.025
Components1

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Breakthrough Starshot

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related to StarChip · 16
Breakthrough Starshot → Alpha Centauri, Breakthrough Initiatives, Earth, In July, ISRO, ISS, KickSat-2, March, November, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sprites, StarChip, StarChips, The, They
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Breakthrough Starshot → Alpha Centauri, An October, Earth, From, Ideally, Proxima Centauri, Starshot, The Earth-sized, The Starshot, TJ
has application · 8
Breakthrough Starshot → Alpha Centauri, At, Claudius Gros, Genesis, It, Proxima Centauri, The, The German
related to Objectives · 7
Breakthrough Starshot → Alpha Centauri, Earth-crossing, Earth-like, Secondary, Solar System, The, The Breakthrough Starshot

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sail light would centauri laser spacecraft alpha system project interstellar starshot star breakthrough proposed starchip could speed 100 habitable earth

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stray protonsinstance ofand interstellar particles0.80text
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationThe German0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationClaudius Gros0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationGenesis0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationAlpha Centauri0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationThe0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationProxima Centauri0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationAt0.60section
Breakthrough Starshothas applicationIt0.60section
Breakthrough Starshotrelated to ConceptThe Starshot0.60section
Breakthrough Starshotrelated to ConceptEarth0.60section
Breakthrough Starshotrelated to ConceptTJ0.60section

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