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A Russian billionaire has enlisted physicist "Stephen Hawking":http://www.hawking.org.uk/ to help him launch a futuristic plan for seeking life in outer space.
Called the Breakthrough Starshot mission it envisages a mother ship launching thousands of minute spacecraft into space which will then use lazers from Earth to travel at 20% the speed of light to the nearest star system.
Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking see it as an achievable challenge.
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http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/13/stephen-hawking-helps-unveil-interstellar-travel-project
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