This program aims to suss out the scientific and engineering architecture needed to make an interstellar probe a reality.
Jemison now leads the 100 Year Starship project, which fosters research into the necessary technology for interstellar travel.
Can we literally reach the stars?
And can we do it in our lifetimes?
Alpha Centauri sits about 4.37 light-years from Earth, or around 25 trillion miles away.
In support of this, prototypes of the new technology were demonstrated at the announcement.
We can actually reach them.
source: www.techworm.net
