The project, currently known as the “Interstellar Probe” would plan to launch in the 2030s and reach the 1000 AU target around 15 years later. This will result in a completely new perspective for science.
Researchers have recently conducted a successful stratospheric test of their wafercraft. If all goes well, the spacecraft will be able to reach relativistic speeds and make it to the nearest star system within our lifetimes.
The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars. Now it wants Star Trek.
What would an interstellar mission look like? Check out what an interstellar mission would look like and how a spacecraft could travel to another star.
