Sentences with phrase «send nanocraft»
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He envisions sending a larger conventional spacecraft containing thousands of nanocraft into orbit, and then launching the nanocraft one by one, he said in an interview.
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A wealthy Russian named Yuri Milner and the famous physicist Stephen Hawking announced a project to study whether very small «nanocraft» could be sent to the Alpha Centauri system.
In April, it announced a plan to put $ 100 million toward developing new technology that could send a fleet of tiny nanocrafts toward Alpha Centauri.
Breakthrough Starshot is a proof - of - concept initiative to send a fleet of ultra-fast light - driven nanocraft to explore the Alpha Centauri system, which could pave the way for a first launch within the next generation.