Russian billionaire, Hawking unveil plan to reach Alpha Centauri

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T90jVlgOuEIA8_W4Ofr5ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/6503e43b5c73f51c202ee7580a07990f6fdaf428.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/russian-billionaire-hawking-unveil-plan-reach-alpha-centauri-201741532.html)Billionaire Russian investor Yuri Milner and British cosmologist Stephen Hawking on Tuesday announced an ambitious new space initiative for a mission to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth. The goal is to send the light-propelled mini-space vehicles -- each no bigger than a cell phone -- to Alpha Centauri, which is 4.37 light years away, or 25 trillion miles, from Earth. How do we make this great leap?" Milner, who is planning to initially commit $100 million to the project, told a press conference in Manhattan.



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