Breakthrough Starshot

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Breakthrough_Starshot
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf research and engineering project
gptkbp:advisoryCommitteeMember gptkb:Ann_Druyan
gptkb:Freeman_Dyson
gptkb:John_C._Mather
gptkb:Martin_Rees
gptkb:Saul_Perlmutter
gptkb:Gregory_Benford
gptkb:Mae_Jemison
gptkb:Frank_Drake
gptkb:Andrew_Siemion
gptkb:Avi_Loeb
gptkb:Bruce_Draine
gptkb:Claudio_Maccone
gptkb:David_Brin
gptkb:David_Messerschmitt
gptkb:Ed_Turner
gptkb:Geoff_Marcy
gptkb:Giovanni_Vulpetti
gptkb:Gregory_L._Matloff
gptkb:Igor_S._Mitrofanov
gptkb:James_Benford
gptkb:Jill_Tarter
gptkb:Jim_Benford
gptkb:Joanna_Dyson
gptkb:Kevin_Parkin
gptkb:Les_Johnson
gptkb:Lou_Friedman
gptkb:Mason_Peck
gptkb:Michael_Shara
gptkb:Pete_Klupar
gptkb:Pete_Worden
gptkb:Philip_Lubin
gptkb:Robert_Fugate
gptkb:Robert_L._Forward
gptkb:Robert_Staehle
gptkb:Stuart_Eves
gptkb:Wesley_T._Huntress,_Jr.
gptkb:Zac_Manchester
gptkbp:announced gptkb:Stephen_Hawking
gptkb:Yuri_Milner
April 12, 2016
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:estimatedCost $100 million (initial funding)
gptkbp:goal interstellar probe mission
send probes to Alpha Centauri
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Breakthrough Starshot
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Breakthrough_Initiatives
gptkbp:proposedPayload gptkb:Starchip
gptkbp:proposedPropulsion ground-based laser array
light sail
gptkbp:proposedSpeed 20% speed of light
gptkbp:proposedTravelTime about 20 years
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Breakthrough_Listen
gptkb:Breakthrough_Message
gptkb:Breakthrough_Watch
gptkbp:targetStarSystem gptkb:Alpha_Centauri
gptkbp:website https://breakthroughinitiatives.org/initiative/3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yuri_Milner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4